In the spiritual life, it’s easier to unmask and dismantle the objections against prayer that are brought up by our fallen ...

Church News reporter Joel Randall writes what he learned about fervent prayer from a believer of another faith. “Despite our difference in beliefs, I saw a fellow disciple recognizing his dependence ...

The first American pope recognized the miraculous saving of a premature baby at Rhode Island’s Memorial Hospital in 2007.

Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first "Regina Caeli" prayer at the Vatican on Sunday as tens of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's doubtful.

It is significant that one of his biographers, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the contemporary of Malachy, makes no reference whatsoever to the famous prophecy.

In 1112, St. Bernard of Clairvaux joined the community, bringing with him 30 other companions. The next year, Stephen was able to found a colony at La Ferte. By the time he died in 1134, Stephen had ...

"Saint Bernard and the Virgin" by Alonso Cano depicts a vision described in Bernard's own words of Mary stopping mid-feeding of the infant Jesus to spray her milk into Bernard's lips, possibly to ...

On Jan. 24, the Church celebrates the patron saint of journalists, writers, and the Catholic press: St. Francis de Sales, doctor of the Church.