Your Holiness, I must confess that I have never written a letter to the pope before, and I ask your forgiveness if I fail to observe the proper forms of …

A group of Christians was attacked, and a Christian cemetery was desecrated, in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 18. “The attack occurred when a young Christian man, Pervez Masih, intervened to …

In an April 23 letter to members of Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services called for $26.9 billion in funding for various international humanitarian …

In a 9-8 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classroooms. …

Few historical myths are more pernicious and popular than that of the “Noble Savage.” Concocted by French philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the late 18th century, the Noble Savage was …

Addressing an Asia-Pacific regional conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Vatican diplomat said that “a paradigm shift based on the inalienable human dignity conferred by God …

The Pew Research Center published a study analyzing the prevalence of self-described former Catholics in 24 countries. Former Catholics are rare in Poland: 96% of Poles say they were raised …

The Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced a series of pilgrimage events leading up to the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). The events will begin in Peoria, Archbishop Sheen’s home …