Archbishop Dominique Mamberti Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See spoke on Wednesday regarding Vatican financial transparency and presented new legislation in the Vatican rsquo s financial laws to reduce any chance of money laundering or the financing of terrorism In his general au

Columnist Bill McGarvey blogs on a new venture from Paul Elie, author of 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own'

When the Republicans kept their majority in the U S House last November the consensus was that the party would have no trouble winning again in 2014 Almost all the freshmen who won in the GOP tidal wave of 2010 made it through their first re-election campaign often the hardest and without Bara

Joseph Gordon Levitt's 'Don Jon' is an Augustinian journey through cinematic excess.

Imagining the typical college dorm room on a typical weekend is enough to make me understand why in various parts of the Old Testament God overthrows cities and sends down sulfur and fire shaking his non-material head and thinking in the spirit of John McEnroe nbsp You cannot be serious nbsp I

The pope and his council are laying out plans to overhaul the Roman Curia completely.

Newly appointed Bishop of San DiegoRobert McElroy on Pope Francis' vision for the Catholic Church.

Around the country thousands of organizations were digging into reserves to keep Head Start programs open or provide nutrition and other services for children after the federal government shutdown on Oct. 1. In Kansas, shelters for homeless families and for battered women and children, a foster gran

The strengthening of religions in Cuba, especially since the 1980s, is reflected in the expansion of religious media. Espacio Laical and Palabra Nueva, both publications of the Archdiocese of Havana, are the most visible and perhaps the most influential and widely disseminated, particularly among po

The pope challenges us to use our consciences and competence to advance the common good.

An international obligation to intervene in situations of war or widespread violations of human rights does not mean a country or group of countries can decide to take military action inside another nation, said the Vatican’s foreign minister. “The responsibility to protect” is not

On Oct. 4 Pope Francis called on the whole church to imitate St. Francis of Assisi.

A Catholic religious order has urged international action to stem “uncontrolled lawlessness” in the Central African Republic after one of its Italian missionaries was threatened with death by rebel soldiers. “Let us pray that peace may return in this country torn apart by different

I don’t know, never knowwhy this sudden joy swell,the sea wall of self fallsand a tide of stars poursover and through me.Please take my blood,make a serum, inoculateme for when this passesand I again fear, certainthat wonder cannot be.

Editor’s note: The historic interview with Pope Francis (Am. 9/30) has generated a great deal of dialogue in the church and in society at large. We asked several writers to offer their reactions to the pope’s words. Selections from these responses are printed below. The full versions of

Today, Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

When I first read the substantive interview with Pope Francis in America, I was drawn by the pope’s openness, engaging style and repeated call to “go out” and meet people where they are. What is needed, he says, is nearness and proximity to those who are wounded.This certainly is a

Pope Francis calls us to be humbler and more generous priests.

In this guest blog post David J O rsquo Brien responds to ldquo Murray rsquo s Mistake rdquo by Michael Baxter 9 24 Professor O rsquo Brien taught American Catholic history for nearly 40 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass and most recently served as a visiting distin