Lots of people get crusty as they age. Only the saints get slippery.

The Caritas campaign is calling for a week of prayer and action for the world’s 66 million forcibly displaced people, running from Oct. 7 through 13.

“The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are lamentable,” Cardinal Bo said in his carefully worded statement.

Pope Francis' committee of advisers on protecting children from sexually abusive priests is expanding its workload to include the needs and rights of children fathered by Roman Catholic priests.

I struggle with how to think of this little being whose life outside the womb was not to be.

The saints and heroes of our faith have much to teach us about our contemporary political context.