If we listened more than we lectured, maybe we would find different reasons to arrive at the same behaviors that help us heal.

The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden to address racial equity in housing and the use of private prisons by the federal government.

Pope Francis has approved changing the liturgical feast of St. Martha to include her sister and brother, Mary and Lazarus.

Called the Sacred Roman and Universal Inquisition when it was instituted in 1542, the congregation was initially a tribunal exclusively for cases of heresy and schism.

The prospect of a new life for this hymn heard in churches and assemblies across the country at once causes me discomfort and piques my interest. What can this song mean for a nation in peril?

Aware that a coup appeared to be imminent, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, speaking on Jan. 25 issued “an urgent, fraternal appeal for peace and reconciliation.”

"[Vatican II] is the magisterium of the church. Either you are with the church and therefore you follow the council, or if you do not follow the council or you interpret it in your own way, as you wish, you are not with the church."

The pope said the day will be celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of July to coincide with the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Jesus’ grandparents.

"I am the pastor of people who are suffering," Pope Francis said.

Vatican sources suggest that Pope Francis would have been keen to talk with Cardinal Cupich about the situation in the United States following the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

This is the South Central Los Angeles church where 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, grew up singing in the youth choir, taking her sacraments and reciting her poetry.

It was the coldest national March for Life in some years, it was the smallest, and it also may be remembered as the bravest.

“It really does look like there was an atrocity and a massacre, but precisely the motivation and the details, I think we need to suspend judgment at the moment,” Laurie Nathan said.

Despite Brazil’s successes with vaccines, during the Covid-19 pandemic more Brazilians than ever have come to fear vaccination efforts because of disinformation campaigns.

I teach residents from the most prestigious medical schools around the country. It is profoundly unsettling to me that they have not been prepared to think about the “big questions” in medicine.

Maintaining the relationship between the United States and the Holy See is vital to advancing the interests of each government.

I have Ignatius and Benedict to thank for guiding me into a regular rhythm of noticing God in daily life and capturing this truth into words that steer me into saying yes and no to the right things.

You do not have to look hard to find movies and television shows that celebrate the (sometimes unexpected) gift of life.

"The people of the United States have entrusted enormous power and responsibility to President Biden. However, the presidency does not empower him to define Catholic doctrine and moral teaching," said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.

When the march’s organizers announced on Jan. 15 that they would move the event online, Jesuit high schools across the country sought to find creative ways to help students honor life at all stages.