Pope Francis delivered his general audience today about the theological virtue of hope. Francis said that if Christians have hope for the future, it is because “Christ died and rose again and gave us His Spirit.”

It is easy to find flaws—big ones, even—in large social movements, but we would do well to remember why student protests against the war in Gaza are happening in the first place.

Although the Catholics invented the practice of excommunication to deal with severe sins, other religious groups have also adopted it for their own purposes.

John Cogley was once called “the most prominent American Roman Catholic journalist of his generation.” The onetime executive editor of Commonweal also played a key role in the election of J.F.K.

Catholic life in the United States is deeply rooted in the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. But that might not mean what you think it means.

Many professionals who care for strangers are not religious workers, but they play a pivotal role in reinforcing the imago Dei, the notion that all people are made in the image of God.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter, by Tim Reidy