Nov. 4 was the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, the great reforming cardinal-archbishop of Milan. It was also the 63rd anniversary of the coronation of St. John XXIII, who had been elected pope on Oct.

Certain facts about Pope Francis are already old news. He is the first pope in more than a thousand years from outside Europe. He is the first Jesuit to become pope (Jesuits having traditionally ...

ROME – For many Catholics, Pope Francis long has called to mind St. Pope John XXIII, known to Italians as “Good Pope John,” who convened the Second Vatican Council. Like Pope John, Francis is known as ...

On Thursday morning, a small convoy with police protection will depart from the Vatican bound for the northern Italian city of Bergamo, almost six and a half hours away. In a sense, it’s actually a ...

The Diocese of Bergamo announced yesterday that next year the body of St. John XXIII will return to the city, his native diocese, for a visit expected to last about two weeks. In a June 27 statement ...