What gives “Room” its originality and power is its vision of a mother and a child literally clinging together to each in a situation beyond our imagining.

The church remains faithful if she keeps her eyes fixed on Jesus, but she becomes lukewarm and mediocre if she seeks comfort in worldly things.

'He is going there as a sign of love and esteem and this is a very powerful message,' says Cardinal Francis Arinze.

Claiming the political center works, at least when scandal lends a hand.

“Create in Me a Clean Heart” is in many respects a big step forward for the U.S. church.

The perhaps most treacherous mistake in the aftermath of the Paris attacks is to be deceived by the glamour of retribution.

Governors and other politicians are not responding reasonably by calling for a “pause,” even the termination of efforts to resettle Syrian refugees.

The common baptism of believers was the key starting point, Francis said. “One Baptism, one Lord, one faith.”

'Sacrifice is usually difficult and irksome. Only love can make it easy, and perfect love can make it a joy.'

Naming it “corrosive” and a “dark” sign of contemporary American culture, the U.S. Catholic bishops approved a document this week condemning the production and use of pornography as a mortal sin.

Pope Francis said that the church must not be obsessed by money or power. Instead her strength and joy should come from the words of Christ.

With so many contenders, which movies will enter the canon of holiday gems?

"We are approaching Christmas," the pope said, and soon everywhere "there will be lights, decorated trees, even Nativity scenes," but if they are not signs of faith in Jesus and a commitment to following him, then it is "all fake."

The pope’s upcoming visit to East Africa nations Kenya and Uganda and the Central African Republic will be a source of great spiritual sustenance to the people of the region.

Most clergy want to know if their style is not working, or if they could be doing something better. Could there be an app for that?

The Refugee Resettlement Program program — which relies mostly on faith-based organizations to find homes, jobs and schools for refugees — is under attack, a casualty of the Islamic State group’s assaults on Paris Nov. 13 that killed 132 people.

'Navy Priest,' by Capt. Jake Laboon, S.J.

'What Are We Doing On Earth For Christ's Sake?' by Richard Leonard, S.J., and 'A Biography of the Spirit,' by John Haughey

The culture that the church faces today cannot be understood as that of the previous three centuries.