A church that is able to recover the interest of the young, “to demonstrate to them the possibility to live a life centered in the encounter with Jesus Christ…an encounter which gives meaning to life,” will be the church that can liberate the world’s young people “from the slavery of the present and invite them to be open to the future.”

Pope Francis analyzed the real and often dramatic situation of people in today’s globalized world, marked by “a growing loneliness and vulnerability,” the image of which is “the family.”

Among issues followed by the Catholic legal community, the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act is likely to be back. Also making return outings in the term opening Oct. 5 are cases involving the details of the death penalty and state laws intended to limit abortions.

Pope Francis will open the synod tomorrow morning, Oct. 4, with a concelebrated mass in St Peter’s Basilica attended by 270 synod fathers from all continents.

The Vatican has denounced as ldquo very serious and irresponsible rdquo the decision by Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF to announce publicly on the eve of the synod of bishops on the family that he is homosexual and has a partner

'Unite suffering' with those grieving, archbishop tells Oregon Catholics

Pope Francis says God has given everybody a Guardian Angel to accompany us and offer advice and protection, an Angel to whom we should listen with meekness and respect. He was speaking during his homily at Mass on Friday (October 2) celebrated in the Santa Marta Residence.  Taking his cue from

Back in Rome, Francis faces a bigger test than U.S. trip

Courageous conscientious objectors whose claims are denied engage in civil disobedience and bear the consequences.

Police report that the 20-year-old gunman was killed and four weapons were recovered at the scene.

Concerned that Puerto Rico's debt crisis is inflicting hardship on poor and middle-class households, Archbishop Robert Gonzalez Nieves of San Juan met with congressional leaders and the White House to push for a resolution.

The joy of the Lord is our strength, and in Him we discover who we really are: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ reflection following the readings of the day at Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning, the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Holy Father focused especi

Less than a week after Pope Francis told a joint meeting of Congress that he backs U.S. efforts to abolish the death penalty, news came of his U.S. nuncio's letters to authorities in two states appealing on the pope's behalf to commute death sentences.

Vows exist to foster life, to defend it, to allow it to flourish.

'We strive to be one of the great universities in the world and we strive to be authentic Catholic and Jesuit,' says university president John J. DeGioia.

Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P., the former theologian for the papal household under St. John Paul II, feels that the Year of Mercy is an extraordinary opportunity given to the church to better discover herself and her mission.

Joseph Koterski, S.J., on the good, the trendy and the worrisome in modern academia

It's tough to see so many students hold a negative view about the Bard because of the unfamiliarity of the language.

A letter sent on behalf of the pope asked that Georgia's parole board “commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy.”