"Where do we look for inspiration? We look to God and to all He has created," observes Derrick Porter in this week's "Music & ...

VATICAN—Pope Francis onadded the September 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an optional memorial. The decree issued February 11 by the Vatican noted ...

SINCE the Second Vatican Council — which took place from 1962 to 1965 with the aim of updating the Catholic Church and making ...

I have a friend who is the parent of a prodigal daughter. My friend was reared as a Christian but like so many others in adulthood he wandered away from ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns the popular meaning of 'blessed' on its head.