As Lent draws nearer, we can begin to reflect: Do we open our hearts to God as we go about our days? Or are we disrupting every spiritual inclination with notifications and news feeds?

Where did our modern conception of hell and its torments come from?

On Sunday Francis will canonize Mama Antula in a ceremony that will also mark his first meeting with Argentina’s new libertarian president, Javier Milei.

Why do Catholics celebrate holy days of obligation? Should we?

What happens in the aftermath of the I.D.F.’s Rafah assault remains hard to discern. Where do the Palestinians go next? How will they live? How will they be fed and sheltered?

All but four Senate Republicans and six Democrats voted to block the bipartisan bill’s passage yesterday. The actions of members from both parties concerned immigration advocates.

We will have to endure the current flawed translation of the Roman missal unless liturgists, priests and people in the pews support the synod’s call for change. 

A Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher

Langston Hughes, the great Black poet, playwright, journalist and author, had a nuanced and not easily categorized religious life.