When Irish people went to the polls on Nov. 29, there had been concerns that the nation would see a far-right surge in the Dáil, or parliament, in keeping with trends within the rest of Europe. But Ireland continues to be an outlier.

From Nietzsche and Heidegger to Charles Taylor, Dostoevsky and the Gospels, one believer's journey to faith.

Pope Francis offered a heartfelt appeal for death row prisoners in the United States, which significantly comes as Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in the country’s history, nears the end of his term.

"At times, in our spiritual lives and our pastoral activity, we risk focusing on what is incidental and forgetting what is essential."

When Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi receives the red hat and cardinal’s ring from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, he will be the seventh Japanese cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church.

“You may think you know my story,” says Mary, having galloped into the movie on horseback. “Trust me. You don’t.”

Over five years after Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned, the faithful will celebrate its reopening as it returns for the second weekend of Advent.

Notre-Dame, and many churches in France, are owned by the state and merely used by the church. That gave the French government, and President Macron, a big voice in the restoration project.

In the language of Catholic social teaching, we might say that voters doubt whether the political system in which they participate sustains the common good.

A proposed assisted-suicide law in Britain does not serve compassion. Instead it presents an illusion of final autonomy.