Praying the Angelus December 26th on the Feast of St. Stephen Martyr, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the many Christians who are still suffering persecution in today’s world and commended them to the care ...

A stained glass image at Good Shepherd Church in Chilton, Wis., depicts the martyrdom of St. Stephen, the first deacon, by stoning. The feast of St. Stephen the Martyr is Dec. 26. (OSV News photo/Sam ...

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The words above are the opening lyric of the 19th-century English Christmas carol about a 10th-century Bohemian sovereign who went out barefoot at night in the wintry cold to care for the poor. At the ...

As the Pope left the Rebibbia prison, he stopped to greet the 300 inmates and staff who had waited outside of the crowded chapel on the cold December morning. Pope Francis walks through the Holy Door ...

Pope Francis marked the feast day of Saint Stephen on Dec. 26, noting that the martyrdom of the early Church saint helps prevent the Christmas season from being reduced to a trivial celebration. "The ...

Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26, the feast day of St. Stephen. It will be the second of five Holy Doors the Holy Father will open during the 2025 Jubilee Year ...

PORT CARBON – About 70 people attended the first Mass in St. Stephen Church in Port Carbon since it was bought by a nonprofit formed to preserve the house of worship. The Mass at 6 p.m. Monday, the ...

Panaji: Just 10km from Old Goa’s Bom Jesus Basilica, where pilgrims and tourists clamour for St Francis Xavier’s relics, a small relic of Christianity’s first martyr — St Stephen — completed 100 years ...