Year: 2026

“Perhaps, dogs (and other nonhuman animals) are already ahead of us in terms of their relationships with other members of the divine community of creation and with God, too,” writes …

Read Jesuit Fr. John Courtney Murray’s address from 1963, at a Rome symposium sponsored by the International Union of the Catholic Press. His exhortation continues to guide the National Catholic …

Executive editor Michael J. O’Loughlin writes that a deep focus on news and analysis, with an emphasis on the ideals espoused during Vatican II, will guide his editorial vision for …

The Roman Martyrology’s commemorations today include:

Amid the fierce persecution against the Catholic Church by the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio Báez denounced …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by the happy chatter of children on Wednesday at the Ngul Zamba Orphanage in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where he shared a message of …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — “Peace, in fact, cannot be decreed: It must be embraced and lived,” Pope Leo XIV emphasized on Wednesday in a meeting with government authorities, the diplomatic corps, …