VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has written a new book preface commending the example of Venerable Armida Barelli, a lay leader who formed generations of Catholic women to be civically engaged in ...

John Barelli worked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s security department for thirty-eight years and served as its chief from 2001 until 2016. These days, he drops in every now and then from ...

Armida Barelli and Father Mario Ciceri are now among those whom the Catholic Church has officially declared “blessed.” Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Vatican Congregation for ...