Pope Francis asked the bishops of Germany to continue working together to find broader consensus on guidelines for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

“It is clear that what matters to Pope Francis is the transformation of individuals and communities through their attentive and communal participation in the sacramental mysteries."

Surveys suggest that younger Americans are turning away from religion, but they may not have been properly introduced to the church in the first place.

If you cannot laugh at the ignominy of whispering your wretched little sins through a screen, then when will you laugh?

Have you heard the saints confess? It fills you with wonder at God’s grace, so clearly at work in their lives, in our world.

The bishops deem it possible in certain cases to allow the Eucharist to be given to a non-Catholic spouse in a mixed-denomination marriage.