Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.

Americans might be forgiven if they thought they had put the great pipeline wars behind them with the abandonment of the giant Keystone XL.

What does it mean, as a medical provider, to participate in a procedure that you find morally objectionable?

An official with the Archdiocese of New York, where the video was filmed, called it “absolutely appalling.”

"All of us come from a place we mistake for universal," Kenneth L. Woodward explains, "So you should know something of mine."

How can we justify the military giving addictive pills to their warriors?

Lord, help me to remember the "least" among us, how to cast my vote for the good of all.

To live in hope is to want nothing less for ourselves than what God wants for us. If that were the fundamental desire of our lives, what would change? How would we be resurrected?

St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller said church law has not specified exactly what should be done with "cremains."

Poll respondents cite Pope Francis on global warming and also call for a broad right-to-life agenda.

"It is very encouraging to witness the faith of the community of Christians living in that enclosed space and also in the midst of a huge Muslim community majority," said Cardinal Nichols.

The campaign is almost over. It's time to learn how to speak to each other again.

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, what kind of country will we be?

"The Catholic Vote: A Catholic Grassroots Movement" is working to keep voters informed.

A desire to return to nature need not be labeled “un-Christian.” Ashes to ashes, after all.

Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.

Many of the themes the pope touched on have played out in debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

“I tell you that every time I enter a prison I ask myself, ‘Why them, not me?’”

The poor, minorities and disability activists are the most vocal opponents of assisted suicide.