The Easter season offers us the opportunity to let ourselves be perplexed and even to doubt as we wait for the good news to ...

Sunday, April 27, is the Second Sunday of Easter; Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mass readings: Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, ...

History remembers the expression “better the turban than the tiara” by Gennadio Scolario, leader of the powerful Latinophobic ...

He asked the boisterous multitude to be quiet, to let the seed go deep into their souls, and let Jesus speak to their hearts. The rowdy rustling of the youthful crowd took on the stillness of ...

In the hands of Baroque painters, the Genesis account of Isaac, Jacob, and Rebekah becomes more than a tale of deception — it ...

In many ways, Francis was a good and unpretentious man who eschewed personal pomp. But he did little to advance the position ...

Pope Francis died on the morning of April 21, 2025. As Catholics grieve the loss of their spiritual leader, officials from local churches respond.

Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the ...

This water and blood of Jesus speak to us of a self-sacrifice brought to the last extreme: "It is fin­ished"-everything is achieved, for the sake of love. . . . The fullness of God is revealed ...