While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in ...

Perhaps the largest U.S. gathering of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the ...

Father Henrykh Akalatovich, seen in an undated photo, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus on Dec. 30, 2024, in a move that highlights the growing persecution of Catholics in the ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, retires as archbishop of Washington and is succeeded by San ...

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder of Mary's Meals, is seen in a 2021 photo. The charity started in 2002 with meal distribution to 200 children in two primary schools in Malawi. Today, Mary's Meals ...

Little artists from the children's orchestra "Mala Armia Janosika" ("The Little Army of Janosik") are pictured on Dec. 25, 2024 in Rabka-Zdrój, southern Poland. Their performance of a Christmas carol ...

Retired Bishop William L. Higi, who was the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, died Jan. 3 at the age of 91 ...

The president of the Spanish bishops' conference, Archbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, reacted to Spanish public ...