J. Rufus Wallingford, a financial speculator in a 1911 novel Randolph Chester, of whom it was said “he toils not, neither does he spin,” is an exemplar who, in every generation, has followers in real ...

It was retrieved by More’s daughter, Margaret Roper, after his execution at the Tower of London, and placed in the Roper ...

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

Gallagher arrived in India on July 14 for a week-long official visit. At the death anniversary program in the Kerala state ...

COMMENTARY: The ancient witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches may hold the key to healing divisions and reviving true ...

Joseph Mikulec walked the globe collecting signatures from kings and paupers. Now his century-old autograph book is going back home.

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...

They died singing hymns and refusing to renounce Christ. The Blessed Martyrs of Orange gave their lives on an 1,800-year-old stage.

ROME: Fr Francesco Rapacioli, 62, a missionary in Bangladesh, is the new superior general of the Pontifical Institute for ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

SEOUL: A Catholic archbishop in South Korea has urged the faithful to reflect on their legacy while inaugurating the ...