Before anything else, especially amid all the sorrows, fears, loss and disorientation of a brutal year across the globe, Buon Natale a tutti – to one and all, a Blessed Christmas... may all its light,
Fifteen years (less a day) since Benedict XVI revolutionized the Roman Pontiff's Christmas "greeting" to the leaders of his Curia – transforming the holiday pleasantry into a Pope's...
Whether you’ve been waiting three decades or just three weeks for this, the “mountaintop” is at hand. From 4pm Rome (10am US ET), the livefeed of a Public Consistory like no other – from the...
As the US bishops face a moment unseen in most of their lifetimes – the nation's election of a Catholic to the Presidency – the issue of Joe Biden's faith emerged by surprise at today's public close...
Set to begin at 1pm Eastern, this final day of a virtual – and heavily curtailed – USCCB Plenary will be underpinned by what've arguably been the two key threads of American life in 2020: the bench's...
And now, for something completely different – a hundred forty years since the collegial governance of American Catholicism began with a November meeting of its archbishops, a full century since the...
And so, almost two years since the former cardinal-archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick became the highest-ranking cleric ever to be dismissed from orders amid serial credible reports of...
Screenshot Pope Francis' video message to CELAM sent Jan. 24, 2021. The regional Ecclesial Assembly is scheduled to take place in Mexico City Nov. 21-28 with the theme: “We are all missionary...
altotemi A mosque in Gdańsk, Poland. Bishop Henryk Ciereszko said that the commemoration, on Jan. 26, would help “to overcome aversion and prejudices, to point out what unites Muslims and Christians.”
Daniel Ibanez Pope Francis gave the Wednesday general audience inside the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Sept. 9, 2020. Pope Francis gave the Angelus address via livestream in...
Denis Kabanov Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified monastery on the wall of Kidron valley in Judean desert. The United States moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2017.
Ford Madox Brown, “Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet,” 1852-1856 Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not certain. Today is all you have. Will today be about you or about others?
SciePro A 3D-rendered medically-accurate illustration of a human fetus in the 20th week of gestation COMMENTARY: How do we benefit from fetal tissue research while simultaneously opposing it?
President Joe Biden on Jan. 22. This last week President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president. He assumed office in a turbulent time. What are the virtues we need for this moment? This week...
Ailing Pope Francis, who this week is making limited public appearances due to persistent pain, has drawn attention to the plight of homeless people in winter, including a Nigerian man who froze to...
More than 40 years ago, then-Archbishop William Borders of Baltimore issued a pastoral letter signaling his intention to ask that the "official ministries" of lector and acolyte be opened...
As vaccine distribution plans slow down throughout the North America and Europe due to a delay in production, the Vatican has called for equitable disbursement.
The value of Fratelli Tutti "is to be found in the firm decision to follow up and implement the teaching of the council: Universal fraternity and social friendship are for today's world a 'sign...
The Vatican announced Saturday that for the second time this month, Pope Francis will be unable to preside over a number of liturgies and appointments due to his sciatica.