Many of us avoid contemplative prayer because we are more afraid of God’s non-existence than we are sure that we will experience God’s presence.

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in October, according to official Vatican reports.

Nothing will change the church more profoundly than the color green ceasing to be ordinary.

What does a Catholic priest make of “Midnight Mass”? Is the Netflix show anti-Catholic?

Today, there are many who still seek religious security rather than the living and true God, focusing on rituals and precepts instead of embracing God’s love with their whole being.

At one point Ronald Reagan needed a powerful ally who could help him hold on to Catholic voters — and he found that ally in John Paul II. Today, Joe Biden faces a similar situation.

Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada in the wake of shocking revelations of the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children.

Speakers from several academic disciplines highlighted the need for the international community, governments, civil society and religious communities to address the myriad of issues surrounding machine learning.

This is no trick and all treat: We’ve compiled a list of the best and the worst Catholic Halloween costumes to help you decide on your disguise.

An honest conversation on climate change, the upcoming COP26 meeting and what Catholics can do to respond to Pope Francis’ calls for ecological conversion.

The view that the Eucharist is a symbol of Jesus has alarmed many U.S. bishops because belief in the real presence of Christ in the consecrated host is a central church teaching.

Phil Klay is part of a new generation of authors who are putting to rest the overwrought claims about the death of modern Catholic fiction.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in his 12-day visit to the United States.

I find Dave Chappelle’s concept of empathy for transgender people worth considering — both for what it includes and misses.

Last year, Pope Francis said, “There can be no stepping back" from the church’s opposition to the death penalty. It is time to put this teaching into action and stop executions in the United States for good.

The worship of expertise, detached from any transcendent perspective, has already plagued modern life. Now rationality is becoming just another weapon with which to attack others.

“It’s clear that the pope does not agree with the president about abortion. He’s made that exceptionally clear.”

Patriarch Bartholomew is set to meet with President Biden and other top U.S. officials in the coming days, though exact times have not been announced.

Frank Herbert’s beloved novel has enough material that should preclude the kind of dead space that inhabits so much of this “Dune.”

These shows shine an intimate, even glaring light on humanity in its less flattering manifestations.