With Ukraine’s first lady seated in the front row, Pope Francis told people at his general audience that it is “a shameful ...

Q: Is Dec. 9 a day of obligation? Is this rule new? Is it just for America? A: Normally Dec. 9 is not a holy day of obligation, but it is this year in the United States due to a quirk of the calendar.

When the St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir sang the spiritual, “We Have Come This Far by Faith,” those words rang true for the ...

With immigration an ongoing issue after the 2024 U.S. general election, three U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Nov. 14 statement of pastoral concern pledging support for immigrants. “Compelled by the ...

Since 1990, November has been recognized as Black Catholic History Month. This designation by the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus was to bring attention to the history and contributions of Black ...

Pope Francis met with a group of Israelis and their family members who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian militants. The private meeting with 16 people, ...

Family members of the late Ethel Skakel Kennedy carry her casket to the front of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 2024 during a celebratio ...

Jesus is on the “Mount of Olives opposite the temple area” talking about the end of the world (Mark 13:3). That’s significant because according to prophecy it is from the Mount of Olives that the Lord ...

On the first day of the public session of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, the importance of the Church’s ...

The U.S. bishops wrapped up the second day of public sessions for their annual fall assembly in Baltimore with a focus on three major issues: migration, the dignity of the human person and care for ...

Methods of further incorporating “Laudato Si’,” Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on care of creation, into the life of the Church at the local and national level was a point of discussion for the U.S.

Thanksgiving has always been special to me. It is a great day for family. It may be my favorite liturgy of the year as so many people come to church because they want to. And my first memory of ...