Speaker of the House John Boehner R-OH himself a practicing Catholic announced Thursday that Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress during the pontiff 39 s visit to the United States in September nbsp From the statement on the speaker 39 s website WASHINGTON DC ndash House S

In a new and important initiative aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse in the Catholic Church eliminating all such abuse and assisting the victims of past abuse Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences and the Superiors of the Institutes of Consecrated Li

Catholic San Francisco the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco profiled the Society of Jesus in its latest issue providing some good historical information A snippet Jesuit work in San Francisco also included parish ministry through St Ignatius Church between 1855 and 1863 t

Death toll in the conflict has grown to more than 5,300 people since April.

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When the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the constitutionality of the executions by lethal injection in Oklahoma, its ruling will probably not be a tipping point toward the elimination of capital punishment in the United States, but some experts say it could be the beginning of the end of this pract

Ash Wednesday’s marked foreheads represent far more than personal piety.

A majority of students in the nation’s public schools are now growing up in poverty.

A show that skewers show business strikes a slippery bargain with its audience, and it can backfire. While we may smile knowingly at its insights into backstage chicanery and the cynicism of producers, and enjoy its winking parodies of other, implicitly lesser shows, a piece of entertainment intende

Skin color is a evolutionary accident of geography. That does not mean racism isn't real.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of the Diocese of Munich and Freising, is head of the German bishops’ conference, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis on church governance, coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy and author of Das Kapital: A Plea

The late Rev. Richard McBrien said he didn't "hold things back.” We are richer for it.

Pope Francis has decided that the public ceremony of investiture of metropolitan archbishops with the pallium will henceforth take place in the prelates’ home dioceses, not in the Vatican as has been the case under recent pontiffs.He believes that in this way the ceremony “will greatly f

The cause for the beatification of Chiara Lubich, founder of the international Focolare Movement, was opened on Jan. 27 in a celebration in the Cathedral of Frascati, near Rome. • Shower facilities for homeless people in Rome will open in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 15, but the service wil

Are our leaders ready for Pope Francis’ challenge to business as usual?

If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down federal subsidies that have helped millions of people obtain health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, it will be “an incredible cruelty,” said Carol Keehan, D.C., the president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Associatio

Past editors were no mere chroniclers of The Troubles but active participants as well.