The January consistory in many ways will mark the first time that the pontiff can look ahead to his own agenda following his May 8 election as the first U.S.-born pope.

Christmas is the feast of Oneness. The child in the manger, the boy on the carousel, is the Christ child — the reminder that we too are born of love, inseparable from our mother and from one another.

Scott Seligman's The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906 is a reality check, both for Republicans who believe past immigrants easily assimilated and Democrats who believe anti-immigrant hate has never ...

From romance to grief to horror, here are 10 must-watch holiday movies you can catch in theaters or on streaming right now.

We, like Joseph, are invited to empty ourselves, choosing to abandon anything that can get in the way of our union with God or our collaboration with God's design for creation.

"We cannot forget what happened ... But now we have to look forward," the patriarch said. "We will rebuild. We will rebuild our schools. We (will) rebuild our houses ... our life. We are rooted here ...

NCR readers respond to articles about Fr. Gary Graf, a Pew study on religious disaffiliation and American impediments to Christian health care.

Like Pope Leo XIV, the new leader enjoys riding horses. He is a native of Zambia's Chingola but was brought up in Kent, south east England.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Ill., has been appointed archbishop of New York, succeeding Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Hicks ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, ...

Many people, including Catholics, look on the archbishop of New York as the leader of the U.S. Catholic Church. With this appointment, the pope has picked an archbishop who could lead the archdiocese ...

"Unfortunately, it has become increasingly common to drag the language of faith into political battles, to bless nationalism, ...