First-ever parish to be named after Blessed Fulton Sheen

From foster care to Lourdes: Young convert leaves job to see pope, embrace monastic life

Among the throngs of pilgrims in Lourdes this weekend will be a 27-year-old woman who be there with a group of Cistercian nuns, hoping the visit will confirm her call to contemplative life.

Illinois bishop announces first-ever parish to be named after Blessed Fulton Sheen

The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, and St. John in Benson, Illinois, will be the first parish in the world to be named after the new blessed.

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV visits Paris and Lourdes on second day of France trip

Pope Leo XIV visited the Maison Bakhita Center and celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris before concluding his day at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.