As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

Those promises of Israel's king ruling the nations resound also in today's Psalm. The psalm celebrates David's son, Solomon. His kingdom, we sing, will stretch "to the ends of the earth," and the ...

Archbishop Richard Henning formally initiated the Jubilee Year of 2025 in the Archdiocese of Boston with an opening Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Dec. 29, the Feas ...

As Christian churches prepare to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will focus on affirming the Nicene Creed and its ex ...

After more than a year of war and thousands killed or wounded, negotiators representing Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal. A six-week initial ceasefire phase and the gradual w ...

People and institutions can protect children by changing what they buy and what they invest in, Pope Francis said.

A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an historic golden crown from a beloved statue of Mary. An intruder smashed a stained-glass window at St. Jo ...

Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking ...

I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across country to ...

Her wide smile and eyes beaming with joy are a signature of Sister Clare Crockett, a 33-year-old Northern Irish nun, who ...

As we get further from the pandemic crisis that gripped the world in 2020, I hope that we are willing to examine our choices ...

Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts -- two women and an abbot -- to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, a position once res ...