They were intent on responding with mercy to a crisis that at the time showed no signs of slowing.

“This could have a profound change in the life of the church.”

The climate summit in Glasgow only reminds us that the Paris Agreement is weak and overly dependent on market incentives. The Catholic Church and “Laudato Si’” provide a better foundation for real change.

It is not sufficient for contemporary Catholics simply to repeat the formulas of the past.

World leaders are running out of time and must address the challenges of climate change before it’s too late, Pope Francis said.

34 years as a priest allow for a perspective no 19-year-old G.I. can have.

Archbishop José Gomez’s speech on social justice movements displays a lack of understanding of Black Catholics and other groups too often at the margin of the church.

You can cherish life and surrender it when you know that it is never insignificant, that your story matters, that you exist to love the author of our tale.

Released late Nov. 9, the 18th annual report from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection stated that 3,924 child sexual abuse survivors filed 4,228 allegations.

Pregnancy transforms a woman’s body into one that supports another but nevertheless remains hers. This is too often overlooked in pro-life political arguments.