Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

The prayer was the culmination of a worldwide day of fasting, prayer, and penance for peace in the world called for by the Pope amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pope ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Never Known to Fail. Oh, Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine ...

Our immaculate Lady, sinless and spotless, is the model of femininity for every woman in the Christian life. Realistically, ...

Following the Regina Caeli prayer, Pope Leo XIV entrusts Chinese Christians to the Virgin Mary, praying that they might be witnesses of “hope and peace.” The Pope’s thoughts also turn to those ...

Every May, long before the first candle is lit for the evening novena, the air in our barrios changes --not only because the heat thickens, but because the fragrance of faith itself, soft and ...

Joining Pope Leo XIV in a worldwide rosary for peace, several hundred people gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine ...