Pope Francis has held up the Congolese liturgy as a model for similarly inculturated rites in other parts of the Catholic world.

"This Advent, the Lord comes to love us even though we don't deserve it. Let us repent and embrace his gift," the committee chairmen said in a Dec. 7 statement.

Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job.

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Ambrose

Vatican sources acknowledge the visit, which Pope Francis has long hoped for, is “risky” under current conditions.

By inviting birth mothers into our conversations about reproductive politics, we risk complicating the stories we tell ourselves about adoption and the people who participate in it.

Chadwick Boseman also appears in his final performance before his untimely death.

Peter Manseau, the curator of American religious history at the Smithsonian, offers his definitive description of Thomas Jefferson's eclectic efforts to remake the Bible in the Catholic Book Club's latest selection.

As Covid-19 vaccines become available, is crucial that all government agencies work through the ethical conundrums of vaccine distribution beforehand—and be prepared to make hard decisions.