A Homily for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Doctors say pneumonia in anyone can be serious, but for someone of the pope’s age, it’s potentially life-threatening.

“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And if he is to be believed, he didn't know what an encyclical was.

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs according to the medical report from his doctors this evening, Feb. 18.

His clinical condition is “complex,” the Vatican said.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Noah Banasiewicz, S.J.

A Reflection for Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.