While the coronavirus pandemic has proven challenging for schools and parents in educating children, it is also a chance for Catholic schools to confront those challenges with courage, said the...
Jesus chose to reveal his divine majesty not through miracles or wondrous deeds but on the cross where God's love for humanity was manifested, Pope Francis said.
The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for men.
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Newark By This is one of a series of pastoral and personal reflections on living in this time of pandemic. It was written by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The disappointment of not being able to celebrate Easter Mass in churches across the country this year might be most...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has canceled the U.S. bishops' spring general assembly that was planned for June 10-12 in Detroit...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Christopher Gunty BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Acknowledging the pain that the world is experiencing as the novel coronavirus claims thousands of lives and disrupts everyday...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Charleen Katra By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Much has been made of how businesses are grinding to a halt in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Not so with the...
By Coronavirus Update | Updated April 8 at 4:58 p.m. Eastern. Prayer April 7: Learn How (and Why) to Make a Spiritual Communion (Angelo Stagnaro) April 4: Safe Ground in Anxious Times: The Power...
By Maggie Gallagher | Attending Mass in person is no longer possible. As we move into the holiest days of the Christian year, how can we worship — not just watch — the Mass together? Here are five...
By Father Stanley Smolenski | What effect does contemplating the Holy Face have? A devout Franciscan brother presents it well. “Who could ever go through such a torturous passion with so much...
By Matthew Bunson | Today is traditionally called “Spy Wednesday” because this is the day that Judas Iscariot betrayed our Lord to the Sanhedrin. Judas became a spy for the Enemy. He watched...
By Father Raymond J. de Souza | The emphatic acquittal Tuesday of Cardinal George Pell by Australia’s High Court is a moment of opportunity and testing for the Church in Australia. Will they...