It’s easy to be mad at politicians, Father Conroy says. But they are human beings doing a hard job in a toxic environment. So we should pray for them, too.

Gloria Purvis, whose radio show “Morning Glory” was canceled on Dec. 30, said she has no regrets about using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd.

I searched for some spiritual guru who’d written about attachment and addiction. One name kept coming up: St. Ignatius Loyola.

Peace, he insisted, is a gift that requires a human response and human effort.

‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’

Argentina has legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Who were some of the U.S. Catholics who were regularly in the news this past year?

The White House issued a proclamation honoring the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket Dec. 29 and inviting "the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches and customary places of meeting with appropriate ceremonies."

The head of the German bishops’ conference called for far-reaching changes to the Catholic Church and criticized the Vatican’s treatment of the church in his country.

The Vatican is calling for a coordinated international effort to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.