The pope on Wednesday marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and by calling the parish priest in Gaza, ...

Pope Francis was "resting" Thursday after a peaceful night, the Vatican said as the 88-year-old nears three weeks in hospital ...

Bishop David J. Malloy asked all 105 parishes in the diocese to set aside the Wednesday before Holy Week to offer confessions ...

In the United States, the tradition of frying fish on Fridays comes from the Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat ...