Join the 11th annual Slovak Heritage Day at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church for a celebration of Slovak culture with food, music, and traditional outfits.

Monday’s meeting was significant, representing Leo XIV’s first clear, personal outreach to a leading traditional community ...

The Order of Malta’s Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem is facing severe operational constraints and its mobile clinics remain unable to reach Bedouin villages in the West Bank due to movement ...

In a packed Beirut nightclub, electronic beats pulsed alongside projected videos of popes in white robes as Catholic priest Father Guilherme Peixoto spun tracks on the turntable.

It felt like everyone else had a playbook that I was missing a page from. It was the same Mass, but with enough small ...

More than 33.4 million pilgrims travelled to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Hope, surpassing initial projections, the ...

VATICAN— More than 33.4 million pilgrims traveled to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Hope, surpassing initial projections, the Vatican said Monday.

Pope Leo XIV has closed the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, denouncing consumerism and anti-foreigner sentiment VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, capping a yearlong celebration of Christianity that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic papal ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and ...