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 ...
I am struggling to smile and nod and accept the message from well-intentioned people, whom I love, that everything will be ...
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 ...
What I saw at the U.S.-Mexico border reminded me of the solidarity with migrants so often lacking in our country today.
The church secretary (who is also the director of religious education) asked a woman who volunteers in the parish office to assist. She in turn asked her friends to bring the refreshments. Dottie ...
Doris Grumbach (1918-2022) was an American novelist, biographer, literary critic and essayist. She wrote for America many times between 1951 and 1973.