For Pope Francis, Matteo Ricci is not so much a figure of the past but rather “a prophetic figure” who nourishes the hope of ...

An investigation launched after the video revealed that Msgr. Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former ...

A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the “fir tree-icide” of ...

Flying bishops, eminent birthdays and getting lost in translation: Funny stuff that Father James Martin heard inside the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...

Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute ...

The cause for the canonization of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus, took an important step ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

Doris Grumbach (1918-2022) was an American novelist, biographer, literary critic and essayist. She wrote for America many times between 1951 and 1973.

What I saw at the U.S.-Mexico border reminded me of the solidarity with migrants so often lacking in our country today.

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave ...

We need to remember that even in the middle of dealing with whatever big thing is happening now: We are alive.