It all started more than 67 years ago with Luigi Gedda, an Italian Catholic doctor, political activist, and influential lay leader. In a Marian Year, Gedda, then president of the association Azione ...

In fifteenth century Europe, Pope Callistus III declared that church bells ring each morning, noon and night in thanks for the defeat of invading Turkish forces. This ringing was eventually called the ...

Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope called for a ‘revolution of love.’ This Sunday was the first time in 12 years that a pope has led the Marian prayer from the lakeside town.

Pope Francis did not recite the Sunday Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square March 8, but he did go to the window to wave and to bless the pilgrims who showed up anyway.