Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and ...

We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices ...

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

Pope Francis marked 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, celebrating with cake and slowly recovering after a ...

Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...

RCIA, or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is now officially called OCIA, or the Order of Christian Initiation for ...

The restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral has been used to advance political and commercial agendas, but its true significance ...

The Catholic Church helps Catholics journey through Lent, the 40-day period of preparation for Easter, with guidance on fasting and abstinence.

Argentine-born pontiff has previously refused to make any concessions to his age or increasingly fragile health, but experts say his recovery could take weeks given his age and recurring health issues ...

"He's the church's spiritual director, leading us on a kind of a retreat, a journey of conversion," Austen Ivereigh concluded.