As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what’s believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus — the seamless robe described in the Gospels.

What the “Stabat Mater” conveys, the sorrows of Mary witnessing the crucifixion of her son, is worth pondering.

In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.

The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County. 

Catholic groups have criticized Spain’s bishops for consenting to government redevelopment of a key national memorial complex near Madrid, amid fears of a continuing church decline across the traditionally Catholic country.

Opened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world’s largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter’s Basilica.

As dioceses and shrines are questioning how best to limit the use of artwork created by Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik, who is accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse over three decades, the art center he founded continued to promote his latest mosaics at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.

The journal, “Mysteries and Medicines,” was created in collaboration between the planning and journaling tool Monk Manual and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a religious order widely known by their Latin-based religious initials “CFR.” It shares its name with an album released in October by Brother Isaiah, a friar and popular Catholic musician.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.