Like my discernment to enter religious life, it was a gut reaction I acted on and did not look back.

Margaret Karram, president of the Rome-based Focolare movement, visited the United States to discuss current issues in peacemaking.

Washington state’s bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, by Heather Trotta

Rev. Paul Nicholson, S.J., begins his homily for the Ascension with a striking image from Medieval art: Jesus’ feet dangling in the air, his body swallowed by clouds.

Pope Leo's quotation of Augustine after his election contains within it an important theological point about the nature of the episcopacy. The quotation signals Leo XIV’s approach to his role as bishop of Rome.

Despite widespread food insecurity, federal nutrition programs are under threat. The Catholic Church must step up its campaign against hunger at both the parish and national levels.

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.

Describing the Curia as the institution that preserves “the historical memory of the church,” Pope Leo called on these Vatican employees to “work together” with him “in the great cause of unity and love.”

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Robert Buckland