Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza. The Israeli strike July 17 hit the Holy Family Catholic ...

Attacks from the religious right on Marina Silva, a Pentecostal and longtime environmentalist, expose the rifts within Brazil ...

Congress voted to claw back billions of dollars from humanitarian aid that would devastate groups helping refugees and people ...

As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...

From Boston to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, faithful across the nation are reaching out to bring material and spiritual aid to ...

U.S. District Judge David Estudillo ruled that the new law, previously set to take effect July 27, singled out clergy for breaking a vow of silence while allowing other professionals to maintain a ...

The only Catholic Church in Gaza, which Pope Francis called nightly since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, was hit by an ...

Bishop Michael Pham already has become a prominent church activist for protection of undocumented immigrants. At his installation Mass, the new shepherd likened himself to Yoda in "Star Wars" — "ready ...

Is social media evil? Catholics who take seriously the call to become missionary disciples need to pose the question and at ...

St. Benedict writes, "Let those who receive the clothing not complain about its color or coarseness, but accept what is given them." That's a hard teaching in a world like ours, where we're told to ...

From an Authentic Memoir Furnished by His Order "is a papal biography based on a manuscript provided by Pope Leo XIII himself ...

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