This appointment ensures that the C.D.F. is rowing with and not against the pope on key issues, including the interpretation of “Amoris Laetitia,” synodality and cooperation with the commission for the protection of minors.

At first encounter, Harmonia Rosales’s “The Creation of God” is striking. It is beautiful and familiar. Like Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” Rosales’s painting portrays the creation of humankind. However, the skin tones, gender and story being depicted by the artist are strikingly different.

How can you shed light on the Catholic tradition without stating anything as truth?

With chant “you’re expressing something in pure melody."

Pope Francis has made it possible for bishops to ensure the validity of marriages celebrated in the traditionalist communities.

The ban’s proponents say mining practices posed a grave risk to the country’s already limited water supply.

March 19 marks the one-year anniversary of the publication of “Amoris Laetitia.”

Mumford and Sons, The Head and the Heart, Hozier and other artists use Christian language in their secular songs. Should Christians care?

Who will go to Rome? Mr. Trump has bucked conventional wisdom in several of his more high-profile appointments thus far.

Confidence in God makes Jesus sinless for us. Hope in humanity, in ourselves, does the same for Mary.