As we celebrate Black History Month, it is important to recognize the rich and enduring legacy of Black Americans in the Tampa Bay area, particularly within the Diocese of Saint Petersburg.

Three Saint Leo University faculty members offer advice for being well in mind, body, and spirit in 2025.

The Diocesan Hispanic Mass is an annual event held at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, where various Hispanic communities from around the diocese gather to pray the rosary, witness the procession of flags, and attend Mass celebrated by the bishop.

Thanksgiving is rich in tradition but has also become one of the busiest holidays of the year. Focusing on our blessings bring us back to that true spirit.

The African priests of the diocese met with Bishop Gregory Parkes to discuss the spiritual care of the members of the local African community and establish chaplains.

New this year will be a Eucharistic Procession with participants to pray for all those impacted by Hurricane Helene and Milton.

Featuring some delicious summer bounty

A papal blessing seals the Catholic connection to coffee

Our grandparents and great-grandparents who immigrated to the United States from southern Italy brought with them a decadent Easter brunch dish that we now call pizza rustica.

Honor this great apostle with a Mediterranean salad.

Waiting for God to fulfill his promises of a coming Messiah wasn’t exactly “quick and easy” for his people.

With Christmas festivities around the corner, consider making this Italian dessert to honor a saint who spent most of his time in Italy and whose feast we celebrate this month.

It is almost symbolic how the various elements of the Thanksgiving feast declare the unexpected nature of God’s bounty.

More than 800 people joined Bishop Gregory Parkes for the annual Diocesan Hispanic Heritage Mass.

Enhance tomato soup with aromatic herbs in honor of Our Lady.

Padre Pio’s wise words inspire a culinary treat

Vocations are born from God’s living Church, and since Christ will never abandon his Church, they will always be with us!

The best part is when the children greet their mothers with a huge hug and hand each of them a rose.

The next time you are flying through Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport you can see Jesus at Terminal 1.

The Easter candle, symbolizing the resurrection and light of Christ, is carried in procession into the church, dispelling the darkness.

It can be challenging to navigate the demands of a kitchen during a period of fasting.

African popes, who are all saints have made their own indelible marks on Christ’s Church.

while Valentine’s Day has been mostly secular, the Church celebrates another feast that has the heart as its significant symbol – the Sacred Heart.

Did you know that the “Twelve Days of Christmas” may have a deeper symbolic meaning?

The feast of Christmas celebrates and memorializes an event of eternal consequence.