God’s gaze looks past what we often define as “appealing” outward appearances of dress, ethnicity, race, or physical features ...

A Reflection for the Thursday of the Third Week of Lent If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Ps 95:7-8). Find today’s readings here. It is hard to make it too far in this world without ...

We believers cannot answer our own questions, at least not to our satisfaction. But we equally cannot stop asking those questions, and that is what makes life worth living.

Pope Francis speaks with journalist Cindy Wooden aboard his overnight flight from Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 2, 2024. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Being a Vatican correspondent for more than ...

Rahi, who rushed to help parishioners wounded by Israeli fire, “a true shepherd, who always stayed beside his people, with the love and sacrifice of Jesus the Good Shepherd.” ...

As readers mark the centennial of the Sheed & Ward publishing house, we celebrate what “the Sheedwardians”—as that unlikely ...

A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game—it’s sickening,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

Cardinal Dominique Mathieu said he arrived in Rome March 8 “not without regret and sorrow for our brothers and sisters in ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed his “deep sorrow” for a Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest who was killed in southern Lebanon when an ...

When William R. Burrows died last week, many a theologian and missionary remembered him as an important voice—and a valuable intellectual support for many decades—for his work in publishing and ...

The Vatican has published the final report of the synod study group examining women’s participation in the Church, which calls for expanded roles for women in Church governance and leadership in roles ...

The church’s just war tradition has been challenged by contemporary theologians as insufficient and outdated, yet it remains ...