A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

In a conversation with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., on “Preach,” James Hanvey, S.J., reflects on the universal appeal of Ash ...

To the ills of this world, Pope Francis calls us to be a Church that ministers to the body, mind and heart of our brothers ...

Dr. Amy Gais is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Comparative Literature and Thought at Washington ...

"My dear friends, we had that faith before we came to earth. And we can do the same now," Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus taught ...

Researchers believe oaths have the power to increase honest behavior, but they often come with penalties for transgressions, ...

Jesus is speaking metaphorically about a truly disabling lack of vision, a spiritual ignorance that can cause one to stumble.

It was often difficult to square my belief in the office of the papacy with the apparent weaknesses of the man in St. Peter's Chair.