An investigation launched after the video revealed that Msgr. Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former ...

For Pope Francis, Matteo Ricci is not so much a figure of the past but rather “a prophetic figure” who nourishes the hope of ...

A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the “fir tree-icide” of ...

Flying bishops, eminent birthdays and getting lost in translation: Funny stuff that Father James Martin heard inside the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...

Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute ...

What I saw at the U.S.-Mexico border reminded me of the solidarity with migrants so often lacking in our country today.

A tourist who is out of time approaches the end of his or her trip and must return home soon. This is how the Rev. David May ...

The church secretary (who is also the director of religious education) asked a woman who volunteers in the parish office to assist. She in turn asked her friends to bring the refreshments. Dottie ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

The cause for the canonization of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus, took an important step ...

Pope Francis’ encyclicals have drawn from and lead to this truth: What the world needs is heart—not sentimentality, but integration, presence and fortitude to stay in the tensions of our current ...