The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

They named the church after the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, who is a patron saint of parts of France. Irish immigrants later started attending the parish and, today, Latinos make up ...

As the story goes, we’re coming up on 500 years since the Mother Mary first ... is our Patron Saint," Father Scott Santarosa said, who leads the Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Barrio Logan.

Haitian immigrant & educator, Mother Mary Lange, and three companions founded ... Also around that time, Mother Lange founded Baltimore’s historic St. Francis Academy. It continues to thrive ...

“I came to Assisi for Carlo,” said Anne-Sophie, a mother of three from France, speaking outside the Church of St. Mary Major in Assisi ... mentioning the town’s patron saint almost as an afterthought.