Pope Leo XIV in Paris: No one 'is merely a number'

An estimated 800,000 people attended the pontiff's open-air Mass.

From foster care to Lourdes: Young convert leaves job to see pope, embrace monastic life

Among the throngs of pilgrims in Lourdes this weekend will be a 27-year-old woman who be there with a group of Cistercian nuns, hoping the visit will confirm her call to contemplative life.

Illinois bishop announces first-ever parish to be named after Blessed Fulton Sheen

The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, and St. John in Benson, Illinois, will be the first parish in the world to be named after the new blessed.

Pope addresses 'surprising' Catholic growth in secular France

Leo met members of a Church assembly examining a decade-long rise in Catholic baptisms.

Knights of Columbus pitch their role at Symposium on Young American Men

"The lifeblood of the Knights is young men," said Joseph McInerney, who noted that men under 35 are currently the fraternal organization's fastest-growing membership segment.

Pope Leo hears testimony of migrants in Paris: God opened 'a new path for me'

Leo visited a center offering support and integration to immigrants in the Archdiocese of Paris, on the second day of his Sept. 25-28 journey in France.

English scholars 'piece together history' to reunite missing pages of centuries-old Catholic text

An incomplete manuscript of "The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Christ" has been reconnected with several long-lost pages thanks to work by two English researchers.

Prayer vigils for unborn babies kick off across nation

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Duluth Diocese officially begins canonization cause for Minnesota priest Joseph Buh

Monsignor Joseph Buh ministered to poor immigrants and indigenous people in Minnesota in the latter half of the 1800s and early 1900s.

A look at Blessed Fulton Sheen's relics

The Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Rochester will each be given a significant relic for veneration in the dioceses.