Pope Francis will travel to the Catholic-majority country of Slovakia on Sept. 12-15, stopping at four different locations. One of these is Šaštín, one of Slovakia’s youngest towns, where there is an ...

As an increasingly secularized and materialistic society encourages people to eschew suffering, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the redemptive and salvific ...

On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on "the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady." "Honor Our Lady and say, 'This is my mother ...

In the Middle Ages, Catholic theology concentrated mostly on Christ’s passion. At the side of the Man of Sorrows, however, was the Sorrowful Mother, sharing his suffering. John 19:25 says, “Near the ...

Some traditions never die – at least in Carroll Gardens. Italian-born Catholics from the Congrega Maria S.S. Addolorata joined hundreds of worshippers from Brooklyn’s oldest Italian Roman Catholic ...

Eva Norcia of Hoboken, who died suddenly last month, was the youngest of ten children who graduated from Our Lady of Sorrows School, Jersey City. She had fond memories of the Filippini Sisters who ...