The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

Ruth Pakaluk, a woman who lived in Worcester for decades, will have her life investigated to determine whether she qualifies for canonization. Pakaluk was a mother who attended St. Paul’s Cathedral in ...

The recent canonization of Italy’s Bartolo Longo shows that occasionally on the path to sainthood, the devil is in the details. But in a radical turnaround, he eventually returned to his Catholic ...

It seems unusual that the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back-to-back. But that is precisely the situation with the solemnity of All Saints on ...

When Saint Ignatius High School started planning its Campaign for Vision ’30 nearly six years ago, the goal wasn’t to add a new building. It was more foundational. The school wanted to keep tuition ...

Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on Oct. 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican ...

The panel features monsters with African, Indigenous Caribbean and intersex features, encouraging viewers to connect the sins and punishments depicted to those considered “other” Surekha Davies - ...

A century ago, my northern Utah hometown was a tough place. Even Chicago gangster Al Capone reportedly said Ogden’s infamous 25th Street was too lawless for his liking. The area also teemed, however, ...

Pope Leo XIV has created seven new saints, bringing the total number of people who posthumously received this title to nine since he was appointed to lead the Catholic Church earlier this year. Among ...

MIDDLETOWN — A full-size habit and gloves worn by Padre Pio of Pietrelcina is on its way to Middletown as part of an unprecedented tour of the sacred relics that have never left Italy. Saint Pius X ...

From the blazing pits of medieval Christianity to the frozen wastelands of Norse mythology, humanity’s visions of Hell reveal more about fear, morality, and justice than any holy book ever could. Full ...