Sometimes they would rustle and fidget impatiently in the pews and fiddle with missals and fold the parish newsletter into ships and trumpets.

Cardinal-designate Cupich urged U.S. bishops to “speak in a pastoral way to calm the fears of people and let them know that we are advocates for them,"

The day before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Pope Francis said he would make no judgments about the candidate and was interested only in the impact his policies would have on the poor.

As Nixon aged, Butterfield told Woodward, “instead of mellowing, the neuroses intensified and he lumped them all together.”

In this most classic of philosophical tales, Socrates dies a death that has been the subject of so much speculation and controversy.

The combination of religion and politics then, just as today, was reinforced in cultural practices.

The move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more of the refugees who have been piling up at Calais, especially the camp’s many unaccompanied children. Almost all the refugees had been hoping to make it to Britain. In mid-October, as the first young p

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country's government institutions.

Pope Francis reminds us to challenge ourselves to each day give of ourselves and not to count the cost.

This bill discriminates against our African-American and Hispanic neighbors, sick seniors, the disabled, the uninsured and all who are vulnerable in our community, said Michael Scott, director of the D.C. Catholic Conference.

The Paris Agreement to combat climate change went into effect on Nov. 4, a landmark deal to tackle global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming warmer even faster than scientists expected.

Mary is always shining in her window, watching over the street below. I have grown grateful for this rarefied presence, respectful and inclined toward pious feelings when I pass.

The last year has been a difficult one indeed, particularly for those who are in any way concerned about political life in the United States. As I write this column, the election has not yet taken place, though we are close to Election Day and early voting is already underway in many parts of the co

The Vatican announced on Nov. 7 that Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal-designate Joseph Tobin, 64, as the new archbishop of Newark. At the time of his appointment, the Detroit-born archbishop was the leader of the archdiocese of Indianapolis, which he has served since October 2012. He now moves to

The U.S. bishops were scheduled to concelebrate Mass at St. Peter Claver Church, the largest African-American Catholic congregation in Baltimore, on Nov. 14, the first day of their fall general assembly. • In advance of Black Catholic History Month in November, a delegation of black Catholic pr

Using too broad a brush to paint any group of people is rarely a good idea, including a hierarchy composed of hundreds of individuals.

An interview with Jordan Flaherty, author of 'No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality.'

Pope Francis praised the 100 countries that joined the Paris climate agreement but emphasized that implementing it must involve multidisciplinary cooperation and special measures of solidarity with the poor.

Catholic institutions and ministries need to adapt and prepare for growing diversity.