Many have heard of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, early saints mentioned in Eucharistic Prayer I (the Roman Canon). But most don’t know much more than that, which is a pity. The two have a dramatic ...

It’s believed that Perpetua, Felicity and the others were martyred because of a decree issued by Roman emperor Septimius Severus that forbade conversions to Christianity or Judaism (although ...

During the Jubilee year of 2000, Pope John Paul II designated a church in Rome—the Basilica of St. Bartholomew, who was himself martyred—to be a sanctuary for the memory of modern-day martyrs.

Author Mark L. Clifford discussed the role faith has played in the life of imprisoned pro-democracy Catholic activist Jimmy Lai at a Catholic University of America event on Jan. 30 in Washington, D.C.

A revival of the Catholic faith is spreading across Australia and beyond, according to Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher. The Archdiocese of Sydney welcomed a record 384 catechumens and candidates ...

A report issued last November by C.B.O.S., a government-funded polling agency, found that only 23 percent of Poles under 25 regularly go to church, a third the level of three decades ago. The ...

Perpetua’s story was known to the African Christian intellectual Tertullian, who mentions her martyrdom in his book On the Soul, written five to ten years after her execution.

Creating a "faith and family" event does not balance the decision to honor a perverted, fake "nun" group that exists to mock the Catholic religion," CatholicVote President Brian Burch wrote in a ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of ...

Harris Faulkner’s book, "Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer," was "an assignment on my life," the Fox News host said.

A video-gaming Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint after his cause for canonization was approved by church authorities.

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, a vocal critic of Pope Francis who in recent years has invited the pope to "fire" him, said on Twitter May 12 that he believes the pontiff is "undermining ...