Stephen J. Binz on finding common ground through the practice of lectio divina

Most of what Cardinal Luigi De Magistris 88 spent his life doing you rsquo ll never hear about Not because it wasn rsquo t important but because it was Born into a well-known family in Cagliari the capital city of the island of Sardinia off the west coast of Italy Cardinal de Magistris spent m

Despite small numbers, Catholicism retains a special place in urban Thai society.

Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi nbsp 53 leads the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Tonga 176 islands spread over 270 000 square miles in the South Pacific Ninety percent of the Kingdom rsquo s approximately 102 000 citizens are Christian of which 16 000 are Catholic Tonga is one of the most dev

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of the Diocese of Munich and Freising, is head of the German bishops’ conference, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis on church governance, coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy and author of Das Kapital: A Plea

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, is head of the German bishops’ conference, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis on church governance, coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy and author of Das Kapital: A Plea for Man (

What were your spiritual breakthroughs this year As you look back on 2014 what did you learn about the spiritual life about your Christian faith about discipleship that you hadn 39 t known or fully appreciated What insight from this past year can you share with readers What books or articles

With great trepidation I asked permission to sit at the breakfast table with the Rev. Desmond J. Regan, a man more than six feet tall with a thick waft of shock white hair perfectly combed to one side—no trace of a receding hair line—as he sat with one hand clutching a mug of black coffe

'Scalia,' by Bruce Allen Murphy

Three Catholic priests and a layman have been arrested by the police in Granada Spain charged with the sexual abuse of minors the Spanish Ministry of the Interior confirmed on November 24 The arrests came after the Spanish media last week revealed that Pope Francis had intervened directly in the