We cannot afford to remain illiterate when it comes to the book of nature, writes Dan Horan, for though the chapter we find ...

On Sept. 11, Kim Williams and her family gathered in her dying mother’s home for a Viaticum Mass with Father Joseph Bambenek ...

The Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting three days of continuous, public Bible reading in an effort to unite Christians of ...

It’s essential to get Catholic children used to fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass weekly as well as on holy days of ...

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of the liberation theology movement, which sparked both great hopes and ...

Catholic numbers in battleground states make them a good weathervane, and indeed they tend to vote for the winner in presidential elections. If you win Catholics, you probably win the country.

Jorgensen explained that the Church has moved away from the idea that they are in “limbo” rather than heaven, although she acknowledged the idea still has a hold on the Catholic imagination.

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Pope Francis remains enthusiastic about the Vatican’s provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops. He ...

By Christopher Wells Synod participants have proposed more than one thousand “modi”, or amendments, to the so-called “Final ...

just hours before she skipped the Al Smith Catholic charity dinner. "We will move forward because ours is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom — for freedom. Like the ...

At 11 Catholic colleges, enrollment is up, some with record enrollment rates. What these thriving colleges have in common is ...