He is the candidate who more than any other would ensure continuity with the Church's mission, that of reaching out to the ...

When they first saw him at the parish, he was washing the car in the courtyard, and no one thought he was the new cardinal.

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and ...

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