What am I to do to introduce my kids to Jesus Christ?

What has been described as the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II reached a crescendo in early September as thousands of people fleeing Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern calamity zones piled up against hastily erected barricades on the outskirts of Europe. But European sentiment,

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami cited the importance of work in supporting families in the U.S. bishops’ 2015 Labor Day statement, which drew on Pope Francis’ June encyclical on ecology, “Laudato Si’.” Archbishop Wenski said ,“We must not resign ourselves to

The four major themes of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States—social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, immigration and the value of the traditional family—will resonate with many U.S. Catholics, but not all. That’s according to a new survey by Pew

Profiling the lives of men in prison

A Cuban-American reflects on the pope’s journey to ‘nuestra America’.

The Calais migrants emerge as real people, some of whom even go to church.

The euthanasia juggernaut has become a campaign to eliminate the disabled.

Living in a family divided by the Tiber

The Michigan Catholic Conference sent letters to more than 10,000 employees in late August warning them about possible identity theft after a cyber attack on an employee database. • Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, joined the members of the #BringBackOurGirls movement on Au

Taste, See, TouchTears came to my eyes on reading “Making Room for All at Mass,” by Judith Valente (8/17). I attempted teaching 12 young men with multiple handicaps at a state institution in Lincoln, Ill. I don’t know what they learned, but they responded best to touch, taste, smel

Statement of regret is cause for tentative hope in autocratic and nuclear-armed North Korea.

Pope Francis’ announcement on Sept. 1 that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada. “It is my understanding that the faculty [authorization] for the priest to lift the latae sent

As Israeli students began their second week of classes Sept. 6, thousands of students and teachers from Christian schools converged in front of the Israeli prime minister's office to protest government budget cuts to their schools.Chanting slogans, waving banners and signs, and pounding on metal

"Please rid us of this corruption and the leaders who have taken us down the wrong paths," prayed Father Hugo Estrada. "We ask that you be with this great nation of Guatemala."

Articles, podcasts and videos on that day and its aftermath

Reforms aim to expedite annulment process while affirming the indissolubility of marriage

Pope Francis said he was not “promoting the nullity of marriages, but the quickness of the processes.

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio was appointed by the pope to a commission to study the annulment process.

“Perhaps more than in the early days,” Pope Francis said, "[Christians] are persecuted, killed, driven out, despoiled, only because they are Christians.”