The men and women (and one young child) featured in these pages experienced both joy and suffering — loneliness, sickness, ...

Several celebrities have converted to different religions either for love or for their own personal spiritual growth. Sofia ...

Tributes have been paid to an "admired and respected" Belfast school teacher who died this week after a short illness.

This prayer of Ireland's patron saint has come down through the centuries and remains popular today and we think you'll agree it's more relevant than ever. St. Patrick's Breastplate is a ...

Pope Francis arriving at the Padre Pio Prayer Groups, on February 6, 2016 in Vatican. Pope Francis, who is hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, "passed a tranquil night ...

Interreligious leaders pray for Pope Francis’s health at the Mahabodhi Buddhist temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 25, 2025. (Credit: Rev Jude Chryshantha, National Director, Social ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Palo, Leyte continues to offer prayers for the swift recovery of Pope Francis, who visited their province in January 2015 to console survivors of Super ...

The prayer evoked the 2005 vigils when St. John Paul II was dying in the Apostolic Palace, but those on hand said they were praying for Francis' recovery. Standing on the same stage where Francis ...

“Padre Pio always used to say, pray, hope, don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful, and he will hear your prayer,” Dmytryszyn said. Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes ...