A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill

A Reflection for Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García

A Reflection for Tuesday in the First Week of Ordinary Time, by Michael Simone, S.J.

A Reflection for Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address to the ambassadors of the 184 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian Consolata missionary, as prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Americans can learn much about citizenship from Jimmy Carter's public service and humble faith.

President Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, to “remain focused on directing the full federal response” in the wake of the devastating wildfires raging in California.

Canada. The true north, strong and…free? Not if President-elect Donald J. Trump has anything to say about it. And he does.

A Homily for the Baptism of the Lord, by Father Terrance Klein