The Lebanese-born Maronite Catholic archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis will become the Holy See’s new Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, succeeding Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.

The mission of the Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Postgraduate Media Fellowship is to support the next generation of writers for the Catholic media and other forms of professional journalism—print, video and ...

Sister Leticia Ugboaja's attorney says she has for years been granted protection from removal to her native Nigeria because she was likely to face torture there.

The First Amendment, the DOJ memo states, “does not compel the government to purge from public life anything an objective observer may think endorses religion.” ...

By allowing devices into our lives and those of our children, we fear, we have corroded our fundamental humanity. The ‘Toy Story’ franchise is perfectly positioned to address this.

But here we are. In the foreword to a new book collecting his writings on peacemaking, Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift, the pontiff quoted a 1963 Bob Dylan song, “Go Away You Bomb,” citing a ...

In his new book ‘University: A Reckoning,’ Lee Bollinger grapples with the reality that universities across the country are facing—one characterized by challenges to their independence from what he ...

Smoky air from Canada forest fires triggered air-quality alerts across the U.S.—but for some First Nations people the fires represented an existential catastrophe.

Watching “Interview With the Vampire” has always felt like watching someone’s confession. But for me, the third season falls short of its predecessors.

Pope Leo is the first pope to quote Bob Dylan. But he’s not the first to interact with the famous troubadour. A video shared by one pilgrim showed the pope’s brother John Prevost stepping out of the ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, smile as they attend the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 18, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez ...

Historians tell us that literacy in the Mediterranean basin at the time of St. Augustine was somewhere between 5 percent and 15 percent. In other words, news in antiquity—be it the good news or ...