Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St. Benedict, on Oct. 31.

St. John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, was canonized after two miracles were ...

After a back and forth game that featured three Pingry leads and two ties, it was ultimately the final lead change — a goal with 2:43 left in double overtime, that proved the difference in a battle of ...

The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of ...

For the first time in history, a British monarch and a pope prayed together in the Sistine Chapel in an event of great ...

Under the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, for the first time a British monarch publicly worshipped with a sitting ...

Two breweries in Minnesota recently won gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival, where industry experts gather to judge thousands of beers and ciders from all over the country. One of the gold ...

St. Francis of Assisi, also known as "Father Francis," was an Italian religious figure and mystic from the 12th and 13th centuries, revered as the patron saint of animals and ecology. His life was ...

There are rank outsiders and then there’s Kaylen Bassett, a man who has never won a major race but who has pulled off one of the biggest stings of the world canoe slalom titles at Penrith. On Thursday ...

Correction: Coach Frank Stotts took the players out to competitions with the University of Guam Tritons team. Other information was published in a previous version of the story. In 1975, Guam won its ...

When Linthoi Chanambam stepped inside the Judo ring in Lima, Peru, she wasn’t just competing for a medal, she was carrying the weight of an entire nation’s hopes. And she didn’t disappoint. The ...