Catholicism

Former Bishop Frank J. Dewane will lie in state in the Parish Center at the Epiphany Cathedral Parish Center, 310 Sarasota Street, in Venice, from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

The Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida said that the Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, 76, died at 3 a.m. today on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, surrounded by close family and friends.

Changes are underway in the region as the Catholic Diocese of Venice ordains a new bishop.

Fort Myers resident Father Arnold D'Achille spent a long Catholic career as a Benedictine monk and then a parish priest. He transcribed from memory the Gregorian chants he used to sing.

The world was stunned last week when white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. But what made this moment truly historic: For the first time, the pope is American-born and there’s a local connection.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the Embassy Row of Religions. But locals know it as the Highway to Heaven.

Kristallnacht event features survivor protected in Amsterdam

For the past 15 years, the Diocese of Venice has hosted a Veterans Day ceremony to pay tribute to the fallen.

It’s that time again - carved pumpkins, falling leaves, and costumed kids demanding candy from strangers – it’s Halloween! Or, as it was once called, All Hallows’ Eve. But how did it all begin?