Jewish, Muslim, Greek Orthodox and Maronite Catholic faith leaders joined Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Bishops Michael Izen ...

Among them were Mary Perez, 32, and her son, Felix, a first-grader at Annunciation who had been at the all-school Mass and witnessed students shot and injured. Mary brought Felix to the prayer service ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda was driving into work Aug. 27 when he heard a voicemail from Father Dennis Zehren, pastor of ...

Most categories of crime have continued to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd. But the summer of 2025 has seen a spike in violence that has repeatedly led ...

Known as the “Pilgrim Mother,” the 4-foot-8 statue arrived in Des Plaines on Wednesday from Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City.

The holy sculpture, from Mexico City, was unveiled Wednesday evening to hundreds of worshipers at the Shrine of Our Lady of ...

A visitor who arrives at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, a privileged pilgrimage site during this year’s Jubilee of Hope, might not at first appreciate the church’s elegant Baroque ...

Some of Mary Magdalene’s relics are kept in the cave at La Sainte-Baume, while her skull remains in the basilica of Saint-Maximin, which is 30 minutes away by car, according to Rist.

Alaina Kwan visited St. Mary's Basilica in Phoenix, where parishioners and staff unveiled gold banners to signify the election of a new pope.

Thousands of people visited the tomb of Pope Francis at Saint Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Sunday, one day after his majestic funeral service. The tomb simply reads "Franciscus" in Latin ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

ROME, Italy — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful ...