VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel is a word of compassion, mercy, light, freedom and joy, Pope Francis said. The Gospel “calls us to become passionate witnesses of peace, solidarity …

Thomas C. Fox worked in Vietnam with the Associated Press photo editor who alleges the photo credit was switched for one of photojournalism’s most iconic news photographs, “The Terror of …

Reading 1 Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand. Standing at one …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the early morning sun crept up over the horizon, a warm rosy glow washed over the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica — the destination for …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Communication is something divine with the power “to build — build communities, build up the church,” Pope Francis told thousands of journalists and people working in …

Scripture for Life: Remembering Paul’s message that no gift is lesser or unnecessary, we can ask the Spirit how to use those gifts for the good of all.

In We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston tells a fictional story similar to 1993 Waco siege to engage questions about religious freedom, state-sanctioned violence and the blurry line between church …

Stephen Adubato writes that what we call “traditional Catholicism” is less the fruit of a living legacy shared between generations than it is the product of an artificial culture constructed …

Reading 1 Acts 22:3-16 Paul addressed the people in these words: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. At the feet of …

The Supreme Court agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.