COMMENTARY: The Holy Father has offered to the Church a powerful teaching on the meaning of the priestly ministry in today’s ...

In this Holy Week 2026 special, you will find useful information related to reportage of the holidays such as devotionals and ...

Father Norvel served as the pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore, the nation’s first Black Catholic parish, from 1996 to ...

Father John A. Ziegler, pastor of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg, delivered an opening invocation at the Virginia House ...

CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — “Sometimes, prayer is not only spoken—it is painted.” In a quiet corner of ...

But when I think of religion, my mind goes to a more organic, human experience. The Sundays of my childhood meant the chill of holy water on my forehead, the communion wafer sticking to the roof of my ...

Rather, it means that through the frailty of a human person, Christ continues to shepherd His people. The uniqueness of the ...

The Church in Jerusalem is calling for respect for the sanctity of life after the Israeli Knesset recently approved a law ...

Every vocation begins with a “yes.” A quiet, often trembling “yes” to God’s call — a call to serve, to shepherd, to lay down ...

Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s major holy sites are shuttered and families are dejected and exhausted ahead of Passover and ...