Twelve years—2013 to 2025—on the throne of Peter is a significant stretch, though still short when compared to the 26-year reign of St. John Paul II or the 20 years of Pope Pius XII.

J. P. Grayland, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand), currently visiting professor at the University of Tübingen (Germany). If we are witnessing the moral collapse ...

A recently published research paper stated that in August last year, 39 percent of the U.S. population aged 18-64 used generative AI. More than 24 percent of workers used it at least once in the ...

A “cloak of silence.” As Fondacio prepares to mark its 50th anniversary May 30, that’s the phrase current leaders use to describe the long-standing hush surrounding the early history of ...

He welcomes you into his office, a rare gesture. In the Vatican, custom is clear: visitors are not to be received where a cardinal works. Grech decided long ago to set that rule aside. At the ...

Czech theologian and sociologist of religion Tomas Halik says the Catholic Church must “wake from its nap” and embrace a more mature form of Christianity. In an interview with La Croix, Halik ...

Holy Mass for the retreat for praise, welcome, introduction and meditations for the Synod of Bishops, The official opening of the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod ...

“Keep your eyes on the people.” This phrase struck me while reading a short message on the subject of liturgy that Pope Francis gave on February 28 to staff and students from the Pontifical ...

A border gate at the Poland-Russia border, seen from the Polish side. The signs say that crossing is illegal. (Photo by Ruben Holthuijsen / CC BY 2.0) Poland already had a fence to deter migrants ...

Pilgrims gather in 2006 for an International Youth Festival outside the Church of St. James in Medjugorje. (Photo: Piotr Frydecki/Wikimedia Commons) Every Marian apparition places the Catholic ...

Despite the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which condemned Arianism and affirmed Christ’s divinity, many continued to deny that Jesus was truly God. A few decades later, the divinity of the ...

December 31st was not just the death of Benedict XVI. It was also the death of a fragile truce that has existed the past decade between two factions inside the Vatican and the worldwide Catholic ...