For me, Communion is holy and very real, a connection to God and to God’s people. As a hospital chaplain, though, my job is to support the spirituality of patients and families right where they are. 

A Homily for Good Friday, by Father Terrance Klein

A conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory on synodality, the dangers of social media and the role of young people in overcoming divisions in our church and country.

A Homily for Holy Thursday, by Father Terrance Klein

Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection made us into one with our great maker.

A Homily for Easter Sunday, by Father Terrance Klein

As Catholics around the world observe Holy Week, the hosts of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell, take a look at Pope Francis’ Holy Week plans.

A Reflection for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

Catholics: Think twice before you bury poor St. Joseph upside down in your front lawn when trying to sell your house.

Despite all my prayers and preparations, I struggled to commit to a single Lenten promise for 40 days. Does this mean I failed at Lent?

“Easter, the heart of our faith, is all the more significant for you who celebrate this feast in the very places where our Lord lived, died and rose again,” Pope Francis writes to Catholics of all rites living in the Holy Land.

In his cycle of catechesis on virtues, Pope Francis calls us to emulate Christ’s patience, saying that “patience is not only a need, it is a calling: if Christ is patient, the Christian is called to be patient.”

Does the Holy See think Israel is conducting a genocide in Gaza? Did Pope Francis call on Ukraine to surrender? Gerard O’Connell asks these questions and more in an exclusive interview with Archbishop Paul Gallagher.

Parody, Ernest Hemingway said, is a step up from writing on the wall above the urinal. He was wrong.

Almost four out of five U.S. Catholics said they “have a moral responsibility” to combat climate change. But there are strong differences between Democrats and Republicans on environmental issues.

When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed about 1:30 a.m. March 26 after a 900-foot container ship collided with one of its major support pilings.

Ed Foley, O.F.M. Cap., discusses how, when preparing one of his homilies, he meticulously annotates his manuscript, like a conductor’s score. “Where’s the crescendo? Where’s the pause? When do the trumpets come in?”

Shouldn’t we all be going to Mass on the day that marks when God took on human flesh?