Two chaste white lambs pomped with ribbons looked at the Pope last week, on the anniversary of St. Agnes’ deathday. They had just come from blessing in the Church of St. Agnes on the Via Nomen-tana, ...

Valentine's Day has gained plenty of false narratives over the centuries. Here are seven myths that you probably thought were true.

Sheen was an enormously effective evangelizer in the 20th century U.S. church, who in some ways pioneered televangelism with his 1950s television series, “Life is Worth Living.” ...

ARCHBISHOP RUMMEL HIGH: The Rummel Fishing Club will host fried fish dinners Fridays in Lent, Feb. 27-March 17, 3-6 p.m. or until they run out. Drive-thru only, 1901 Severn Ave. in Metairie.

Opened to the public in 1951, the great art patron’s trove of modern masterpieces — housed in her Grand Canal palazzo — ...

Keats went on to study medicine, but abandoned the career in 1816. “He gives it up, I think, because he realises what a good ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has released its list of Friday fish fries for Lent.

Today in History for Feb. 13: ...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s classic television preaching returns to the spotlight as remastered episodes air again, introducing ...

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost on September 14, 1955) is the leader of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of Vatican City.

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today.

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time. Nearly 400,000 people registered in advance to see the bone fragments.