Pope Francis’s letter poses an implicit question to the whole church in the United States: Will we subject our political ...

Powerful proclamations to painters, poets, and performers highlighted Pope Francis’ message to artists ... Drawing on the day’s Gospel reading of the Beatitudes, the papal message emphasized ...

The full title of the document — Exsul Familia Nazarethana, or “The Exiled Nazarene Family” — refers to Jesus, Mary and ...

The American bishops as a group have failed and that failure has deprived them of their voice. Pope Francis has told them ...

“I hope that next time I can,” Francis said. Reading the pope’s catechesis on St. Luke’s Gospel, Giroli said: “God does not come into the world with high-sounding proclamations; he does ...

If my choices for a faith-based perspective on the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants are a Jesuit pope and a recent ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Pope Francis announced that he has accepted ... Entrusted with proclaiming the joy of the Gospel, I answer the call of Christ to accompany all in the archdiocese on the journey ...

St. Thomas More Center hosted a panel focusing on how faith informs perspectives on recent immigration policy.

The whole semantic field of 'tool' and 'instrument' is fraught with negative moral connotations. St. Ignatius’ writings , ...

For three weeks in January, 25 seminarians and two leaders from The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul traveled and prayed in the footsteps of the seminary’s patron saint in Greece and Turkey, experiencing ...

Francis contrasted the austere and severe Christianity of his time with a Gospel of gentleness and ... giving lectures, and preaching. He passed away in Lyon on December 28, 1622, at the age ...

Pope Francis said on ... communicate or resonate with the Gospel. A Church that is not open to the gifts of half of its membership is unsustainable and out-of-touch with the needs of its people," WOC ...