A return to Friday abstinence would be good for the soul and for the planet, uniting our devotion to the Lord and reverence ...

Mostly, we don’t, but we continue to pray despite the feeling that our prayer won’t in fact change the situation. Why? Why ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

"Isn't it interesting that, of all things, the pope would give us, precisely at this moment, an encyclical on the Sacred ...

"Our Lady helps us see Jesus. She opens doors," he said. "Our Lady is the mama who takes us by the hand and leads us to Jesus ...

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, addresses the COP29 Leaders Climate Action Summit Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku ...

The Diocese of Oakland, California, filed a formal Chapter 11 reorganization plan Nov. 8 in an effort to settle some 345 ...

Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo, California, was designated as an official evacuation site by Ventura County Emergency ...

Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini succeeds Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, also an Italian Capuchin priest, who turned 90 in ...

A scene from the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons." (IMDB) I am writing this, ink bottle and quill in hand, before the 2024 ...

Father Lukasz J. Willenberg, a U.S. Army chaplain, greets new recruits in this undated photo. A priest of the Diocese of ...