HEATH − St. Leonard Catholic Church, organized in 1962, three years before Heath became a city, will celebrate its final Mass on Feb. 2, when Bishop Earl Fernandes will preside. The bishop ...

Father Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, welcomed the recent Vatican recognition of the spiritual phenomenon at Medjugorje as a call to make the recognition more widely known.

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the U.S. killing more than 480,000 Americans each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In his message for the 11th International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis on Friday encouraged ... with the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a woman ...

In a short Jan. 21 statement sent to the Register, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, called on the faithful to “pray for Pope Francis that he might confirm the Church in the Faith.” ...

During a trip to Malta, Pope Francis uses a lift to disembark the papal plane. A special lift is also installed at Malta’s Basilica of St. Paul in Rabat so Francis can visit and pray in the ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis ... St. Peter's Basilica, the final resting place for many former pontiffs. Instead, he has chosen his favorite church ...

Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square on ... challenges of leading the Catholic Church at an advanced age.

Francis has pushed back on murmurs of his resignation. He wrote in an autobiography published on Tuesday that he is "well." "The Church is governed using the head and the heart, not the legs," he ...

Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have sat on St Peter ... the church, and the cardinals, are stuck with him till he passes away. A youngish pope – take one of Francis ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

President Donald Trump has received criticism from Pope Francis as the 47th U.S. president is set to unleash his mass deportation plan. The Holy Father weighed in on the anticipated operation ...