Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S., the first born after World War II and the first canon lawyer in a long time — can lead the Catholic …

NCR readers respond to stories about Pope Leo and Vatican II, liturgical variety in the church and Vice President JD Vance’s reaction to the killing of Renee Good. 

The Kisiyas come from a minority of Christians who have lived in the Al-Makhrour valley for thousands of years and make up about 1% of the West Bank’s population.

Without it, writes Tom Faletti, “The burden of proof falls on you to demonstrate that you have the ‘privilege’ of being a citizen according to criteria chosen by the president.”

St. Marcellus, Pope  Feast date: Jan 16 Nothing of Marcellus’ life before his papacy has survived the centuries. He became Pope at the end of the persecutions of Diocletian in aound 308-309. …

With God, nothing is empty of meaning, nothing without symbolism. — St. Irenaeus

The Roman Martyrology commemorates Pope St. Marcellus I (d. 309), who was elected Pope in 308, just at the time when the Emperor Diocletian had spent somewhat his first violence …

A fine recent article on the late Renaissance painter Caravaggio* reminded me that artistic brilliance may not always be matched by moral achievement. This is a problem that plagues everyone …