The Holy Spirit strengthens us so that we may bear witness to the Lord even through persecution.

Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and acclaimed poet who for decades famously challenged U.S. Catholics to reject war and nuclear weapons, died on April 30 at the Murray-Weigel Jesuit Community in the Bronx, New York. He was 94. He was a Jesuit for 76 years and a priest for 63 years.Berri

The reporter had no idea whom he was talking to, that this old man was possibly the most radical person on the whole plaza.

Berrigan undoubtedly stands among the most influential American Jesuits of the past century.

Remembering Dan Berrigan: priest, poet, prophet, antiwar activist, disturber of the peace—and giver of retreats.

"Our ancestors lived there for thousands of years, so we have to go and retake our homes and lands and churches. We don't want to live like exiles in someone else's land."

Beseiged Aleppo came under another deadly barrage of airstrikes and shelling on April 29. The assaults—which involve both regime airstrikes and rebel attacks on pro-government neighborhoods—have killed 200 people in the last week, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Hum

"The bad news, though it is not really bad news, is that the global population of Catholics has grown dramatically since then, so today we have far fewer priests per Catholic."

In his welcome message, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore thanked those who gathered noting, "We are united in prayer for the welfare of Baltimore. We are united in prayer for the people of Baltimore."

These families are able to take this safe route to freedom, instead of risking their lives in a boat crossing the Mediterranean.

Voters outside the managerial class don't always vote for the candidate with the best resume.

Promising new treatments that are emerging every year cannot be available “only to the privileged and the powerful,” Biden told some of the 350 top cell therapy doctors, researchers, philanthropists, ethicists and activists.

“If you say you are in communion with the Lord, then walk in the light. But no to double lives! Not that!"

Authorities arrested six people who have maintained contact with a couple that left Italy to join the Islamic State in Syria.

Steeples rise and fall; cities crumble. But the Lamb will return for us.

"He was not a medical expert or a faith healer, but a man who through his own prayer and personal holiness was able to transmit to those he encountered something of the healing power and the good news of Jesus Christ."

Hulu's new drama raises interesting questions for believers.

"The work I do as a Catholic holding office conforms to the social doctrine as best I can make of it."

“These self-appointed saviors of the Christian West who are looking for an absolute antichrist should take a look in the mirror.”