The pope – or at least someone in the Vatican communications office – has been inadvertently rooting for the Saints since Nov ...

“Amen,” replied the New Orleans Saints’ official account ... All of this makes today very tough for me and our organization.” ...

The New Orleans Saints may be one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, but at least they can count on continued prayers ...

The New Orleans Saints may be one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, but at least they can count on continued prayers ...

These 14 new saints join the more than 900 saints Pope Francis has canonized since his election in 2013. By comparison, St. John Paul II canonized 482 saints over 27 years of his pontificate.

“All of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart,” Pope Francis ... of many saints, all quite different from each other; in every one of them, the devotion takes on new hues.” ...

Pope Francis has released a new encyclical “Dilexit Nos” (He Loved Us) about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The fourth encyclical of his pontificate, it follows “Lumen Fidei,” co-written with ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be the principal celebrant of the All Saints’ Day Mass Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3368 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans ... pastor of St. Francis ...

It bears noting that Pope Francis would later surpass John Paul II when he proclaimed 800 Italian martyrs saints in a single ... 5. He gave new life to the Catholic Church in Africa.

Pope Francis has canonized 14 new saints, including a group of martyrs from Syria, in a move that could symbolize a call for peace in the war-torn region. In a ceremony in St. Peter's Square ...