A 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s great novel aired weekly on PBS in 1981.

Have you ever noticed how many of our popular, secular Christmas songs are not about the day itself but rather about hope and longing as that date draws near?

Jesuits West, which covers 10 western states, said its internal investigation found credible allegations against 111 priests, brothers or priests in training who were connected to it dating back to 1950.

The scandal at the Institute of the Good Samaritan was revealed publicly in an investigative report by Chilean national television earlier this year.

The messages of “Mary” that can be applied to our own age are received early, and often.

The vigil Mass on Saturday evening is not a "two-for-one" Mass for both days.

The Vatican convened a conference with medical experts and representatives of drug companies and humanitarian agencies on Dec. 6-7, 2018 to study pediatric HIV and how to care for children with the illness.

The Vatican's Migration and Refugees Section has urged the adoption of nonbinding global compacts concerning the protection and care of migrants and refugees.

Since 2001, attacks worldwide have increased fivefold. From the Sahara Desert to cyberspace, Islamist militants continue to find innovative new ways to extend their reach.

The history is complicated. The hopes are great. The risks might be even greater.

We are called to place ourselves intentionally within the physical and temporal structures in which God may speak to us.

This week, we talk with Sister Theresa Aletheia, the founder of the Memento Mori Project.

"As disturbing as their behavior was, it shows that thanks to the swift action of alert teachers, parents and even children themselves, we can catch signs of abusive behavior early."

Adopting the practices of the restorative justice movement could help re-establish the church’s moral credibility on preventing and responding to sex abuse.

Confronted with a political candidate’s Islamophobic language, the author chose not to walk away or to pounce in anger, but to reach across a divide.

On Christmas Eve 1818, in the church of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf near Salzburg, “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) was sung for the first time. Today, the carol has been translated into some 300 languages.

The U.S. Embassy may revoke Hendrick's passport to help Philippine authorities immediately deport the priest, the immigration bureau said in a statement.

"He has a great capacity for synthesis, and his doors are open to all, whether to those in government or to those in opposition."

Buoyed by that love and mercy, we find wholeness — peace — through acts of kindness, healing and justice.

Francis is the first pope to visit the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a majority-Muslim country of 10 million people.