"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.

The whole semantic field of 'tool' and 'instrument' is fraught with negative moral connotations. St. Ignatius’ writings , however, show a different tendency. There, 'instrument' both serves as a ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a "beacon of hope" and an example of loving service to the ...

Linda Kumar is hurting but hopeful.And though she has good reason to complain, the lifelong Catholic and St. Bernadette ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

And then Debra Messing, the guest star, arrived, took a seat, and regaled us with stories of her life in Rhode Island, ...