Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tenn., and Bishop Joseph Strickland, of Tyler, Tex., have both been subject to apostolic visitations recently. Here’s what we do (and don’t) know about the Vatican interventions.

James Baldwin's novels and essays loomed large in the 1950s and 1960s, but they have fallen out of favor with teachers in many literature courses. Is it time for a revival of his works?

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will be in Moscow June 28-29 “as the envoy of Pope Francis,” the Vatican announced today, on the second stage of a mission to explore ways to help bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

Twitter has done its best to make me cynical. But every once in a while, there is a Grimace Shake moment.

Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, 65, has resigned from pastoral governance of the diocese, after he has faced media interest in alleged sexual abuse cover-up and financial mismanagement.

A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless

Our hope is that, by the time a young person begins asking questions about their own sexual orientation, they already trust that there is a place for gay people in the Catholic Church.

After Dobbs, the pro-life movement must take the lead in supporting foster and adoptive parents—and in letting birth mothers know there is no stigma in giving a child a new chance at life.

Georgetown University announced Monday that it has appointed Dr. Fauci the Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine’s department of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

In this week's Preach, for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., speaks with Father Josh Whitfield, a formerly Episcopalian, now Catholic priest, husband and father of five, about preaching.