2016 is a Jubilee Year in Rome, which means that the Vatican is coming up with thousands of initiatives aimed at getting Italians more involved with the Catholic Church. Part of this effort was the ...

Nashville mom Kendra Kidwell used to wake up at 5 a.m. every morning just to get to work by 10. Her daily journey began with an early morning wakeup call so she could get herself and her one-year-old ...

Bill Whitaker reports on the unexplained healings that have occurred at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the south of France, and the team of world-renowned doctors and researchers who ...

This morning, The Vatican announced that Pope John Paul II had his second miracle approved and would become a saint. With him, John XXIII will also be canonized, in a move that suggests that the ...

The results of an investigation into the reports of a possible miracle at Thomaston’s St. Thomas Church have been sent to the Vatican. On March 5, the Rev. Joseph Crowley, pastor of St. Maximilian ...

What do a grilled cheese sandwich and the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe have in common? Both bore what appeared to be images of Mary. One was determined to be authentically miraculous, the other was ...

(The Conversation) — To qualify as a Catholic ‘saint,’ someone must have two miracles credited to them. But how does the church define a miracle in the first place? (The Conversation) — Albino Luciano ...

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis confirms it's using a professional laboratory to investigate a possible "Eucharistic miracle" at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) When the Vatican announced this month that Pope Francis would formally elevate Popes John Paul II and John XXIII to sainthood, two things stood out. For John Paul, it was the record ...

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