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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

So I’m often asked to cite my favorite passage in the Bible. Some of the questioners are sure — because of my bestselling ...

The Ten Commandments etched in stone are on display June 22, 2024, outside St. Thomas More Church in Kansas City, Mo. (OSV ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., gestures during a news conference at a Nov. 12, 2024, session of the fall ...