The U.S. Supreme Court on May 30 allowed the Trump administration to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela -- typically Catholic-majority countries -- while an appeal of the president's order is still pending.
The four years Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia -- from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian order -- included the opening salvos of the pro-life movement.
A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to the beloved saint known as Padre Pio.
After days of frenzied celebrations in Naples, members of Italy's champion soccer team arrived at the Vatican for a papal audience but seemed unsure of the protocol.
Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body of St. Teresa of Ávila -- marking just the third public exposition of her relics since her death on Oct. 4, 1582.
As Harvard University battles a Trump administration ban on international students, the head of the school's Catholic chaplaincy has a message for those affected.
When Kimberly Henkel and her husband, Greg, first welcomed a baby boy into their home through fostering, they realized in a new way that children are a gift.
The Vatican postal service began selling its first Pope Leo XIV stamps May 27 and offered a special cancellation of the postage featuring a line drawing of the new pope waving to the crowds in St. Peter's Square.
Catholicism exerted an important influence on the life of actor George Wendt. Best known for portraying lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the long-running NBC-TV sitcom "Cheers," Wendt died May 20, aged 76.
