Born in Spain in 1515, St. Teresa of Ávila was also a mystic and writer of Jewish descent, recognized both for her contribution to Catholic spirituality and to Spanish literature. A famous saying ...

The body of St. Teresa of Avila, who died in 1582, was exhumed in Spain. The Diocese of Avila reported that the remains of the nun have remained incorrupt for almost five centuries.

This month we are celebrating Hispanic heritage. Perhaps we in the Diocese of Brooklyn have memories of the Reverend Msgr. Perfecto C. Vasquez. Msgr. Vasquez was the first Hispanic Msgr. in the ...

As a part of an Aug. 21 panel of Catholics at the Democratic National Convention, Dean said she wants her party and her church to know that "Catholics are not a monolith." Panelist Miguel Diaz of ...

A new poll by Pew Research Center shows a slim majority of U.S. Catholics intending to cast their ballot for former president Donald Trump in November, with Trump and Democratic candidate Vice ...

The political advent of JD Vance casts a spotlight on a growing faction of the religious right in the United States – post-liberal Catholics. Vance is closely allied with several of the ...

They offer a sort of a summary of the state of play for Catholics in U.S. public life in 2024. And even though I imagined this sixth essay somewhat differently six months ago when Joe Biden was ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics ...

Experts say an analysis of her body will enlighten them to future preservation tactics. The body of a medieval Catholic saint ...

He conducted the service in English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. He touched on the history of Catholicism in the region, dating back to Jesuit St. Francis Xavier about 500 years ago. The mass ...

Catholicism provided him a new way of looking ... are associated with authoritarian regimes like Francisco Franco’s in Spain. “We’re talking about people that prefer right-wing authoritarian ...