The grace of Sheen's beatification comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told Catholics there during Mass Sept. 22.

It may be too early to tell, but Father Corral believes the election of Pope Leo XIV has led more young men to at the very least consider the priesthood. That includes Latinos.

You go to a Catholic church, and there are people of all different colors and ages, and babies squalling. You’re taking a ...

Some, like the Essenes, were perturbed by Roman interference in the Temple and its Priesthood. Some, like the Zealots, were more concerned with Roman interference in Israel’s governance and the taxes ...

Pope Leo XIV, during his four-day visit to France beginning Friday, will meet privately with seven survivors of sexual abuse by priests and other Catholic personnel. The outcome will be closely ...

Because I don’t know if you will find any more austerely superb poetic drama in the Bible than this one. Tolkein and Hemingway were clearly not original, their style founded in texts like this.

I find myself often rushing through the more ordinary parts of my days—rushing to make dinner, rushing to get the kids to daycare, rushing to move on to something else. I am often focused on what is ...

In a letter dated Sept. 8 and addressed to the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, the pope urged them to place the good of the faithful above all else.

At a time of deep political division and declining trust, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told a national gathering of women religious leaders that renewing American political culture requires ...

“S.N.L.” is sketch comedy, not improv, but cast members are largely recruited from improv troupes and have been from the beginning. From the beginning, too, they broke things.

But real Ignatian detachment is not about security; it’s about possibility. And asking for that possibility to include even actual poverty opens up—maybe even hollows out—space for God to respond that ...

This is racist and sinful rhetoric that seeks to harm and to divide. It is disturbing that it comes from a candidate for public office. An apology is called for.” ...