On March 18 Vatican officials confirmed a papal visit to Armenia was “being studied” but denied that it had already been set for June 22-26. • The John Paul II Medical Research Institute in Iowa City is launching a research program to pursue treatments for a variety of rare, genetic

It is long past time to find a better way to select presidential nominees.

That there were abuses in the system was long known

My candle will keep my prayer for you alive even after my mind moves to more earthly things.

Hip-hop can strike a note that is thoroughly baptized in spiritual waters.

How does a tradition of centralized hierarchy interact with a decentralized digital world?

A Catholic aid official warned that church life faces “grave disruption” from Boko Haram in Cameroon, and a local bishop said the Nigeria-based group had caused a “psychosis of fear.”“This movement opposes all Western values and is also hostile to Muslims who won’

Israeli restrictions on reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Holy Week and Easter are part of the current Israeli government’s policy of making Jerusalem an exclusively Jewish city, Yusef Daher, secretary general of the Jerusalem Interchurch Center, alleged in March. Deploring the net

Where did the God of Rwanda go? It is clear now that God never left us!

Border Patrol's discipline system fails to deter corruption, excessive use of force

Mr. Trump is not Hitler so much as our own Silvio Berlusconi.

“What for some is freedom of conscience is for others simply confusion.”

One of the greatest Christian writers who ever lived is the unknown author of this ancient homily.

In dark matter,the hot bolt of deer— brambled rack,coiled haunch,stone spoor. A great stagbridledbarely, its riderlongthrown. This traceof breakingfrom wild, hintof bit.

With Massachusetts facing a growing epidemic of opioid addiction, the state’s Catholic bishops urged in a statement released on March 2 that action be taken to quell the epidemic. “The abuse and misuse of opioids has become a national and local epidemic.... On average, four people lose t

Reality has become like the green flash—readily demonstrable, yet still contested.

Francis entrusted “to God’s mercy” all who died in the attacks.

Is endless leisure the reward for our striving, or will we look for more?

"It is time for some of our leadership in the Catholic Church to take a stronger stand with the Cuban government and demand more."

The ongoing water emergency in Flint exposed the leaky state of public water resources across the country.