IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The poor are the church's treasure because they give every Christian a chance to "speak the same language as Jesus, that of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence By Philippe Vaillancourt QUEBEC CITY (CNS) -- The great doorway to growing in the Christian faith is narrowing from year to year in Quebec as baptisms...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Anushree Fadnavis, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) -- One year after the U.S. bishops approved their pastoral letter against racism, the document is hardly just sitting on a shelf but is...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion By Natalie Hoefer TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (CNS) -- Nearly 100 people were bathed in light as they gathered for a prayer vigil at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church...
Pope Francis on Monday replaced the head of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency amid continuing fallout from a controversial Vatican police raid on the agency’s offices.
Pope Francis on Sunday decried that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor before sharing a meal with the jobless and the homeless that has become a tradition of...
When Pope Francis met with bishops from New York state, he expressed his gratitude, recognizing the difficulties many of them were facing, said Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany.
A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls.
By Sarah Reinhard | Recently, I found myself “between books,” which in my world means there are plenty of books to read and no shortage of choices and yet — AND YET — nothing looks good. I’m overcome.
By Tito Edwards | Have You Seen The New Scientific Evidence On An Afterlife? – Tom Hoopes at Aleteia +1 Christmas Gifts for Priests, 2019 Edition – Fr. B. Jerabek, J.C.L., at Dilexi decorem...
By Kathy Schiffer | “He always saw Jesus in the people he met,” said Joanne Rogers, speaking of her late husband Fred. “There were a good many people who depended on him, and a lot of them were...
By Amy Smith | “Come, have breakfast.” Jesus says just that in the Gospel of John 21:12, and as someone whose favorite meal is generally breakfast, I couldn’t agree more. A decidedly earthy statement...
By Joseph Pronechen | Not far from Puget Sound, at St. Mark Church in Shoreline, Washington, Mike Scarpelli regularly lights a five- or seven-day votive candle by the Sacred Heart statue and another..