COMMENTARY: The only true metric for the authentic exercise of ecclesial authority is Christological — grounded in the cross ...

Long associated with family gatherings and shared labor, tamales continue to anchor Christmas celebrations across cultures.

Critics say the emphasis on diversity and emotional expression risks translating a central mystery of the Church into the ...

Father Chouciño seems like a bottomless well of ideas for evangelization, and only his determination surpasses his enthusiasm ...

The Reed of God, a meditation on the humanity of Mary by Caryll Houselander (1901-1954), the English Catholic spiritual ...

Reflecting on the Nativity scene, Pope Leo pointed to the many figures shown at work — each carrying out a task — as a ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor James A. Misko, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the next bishop of Tucson, ...

Removing dangerous criminals has been accomplished to a great degree,’ the bishops said in a Dec. 22 statement.

The letter closes with a focus on vocations and the need for both prayer and renewed pastoral creativity. Pope Leo XIV calls ...

COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly shepherds.

In regard to immigration, Archbishop Coakley said there is a lot of 'anxiety' among migrants, but the situation 'varies from ...

Two recent books draw on Eastern Christian spirituality to address healing and the transformation of the human heart.