VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel peace laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest, is to be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said ...

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the first two saints of his papacy in a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday, including the first of the millennial generation. Blesseds Carlo Acutis and ...

VATICAN CITY - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on Sept. 4, Pope Francis announced on ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he reportedly ...

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

The Catholic Church has canonized its first millennial saint—dubbed “God’s influencer.” Is it a sign of change to a centuries-old practice? The Catholic Church has canonized its first millennial saint ...

Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange -- a Black Roman Catholic nun who founded the United States' first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 -- has advanced another step toward ...