By Kimberley Heatherington Catholic social teaching has widely been described as “the church’s best kept secret.” A recent report indicates that may still be…
By Barb Fraze Throughout the various stages of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, several church leaders have referred to a new model of…
By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME — Amid wars around the world, particularly in Ukraine and the Holy Land, the Catholic Church needs to speak…
By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM — For Mother María del Pilar Llerena Vargas, “it was an image that will be very difficult to erase.” The…
By Kate Scanlon WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Pope Francis spoke by phone Oct. 22 to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza…
By Katie Yoder WASHINGTON — Carmelite scholars and everyday Catholics are welcoming Pope Francis’ new apostolic letter about St. Therese of Lisieux, a 19th-century…
By Kate Scanlon WASHINGTON — Israel and Ukraine both face existential threats and deserve U.S. aid as they fend off conflict, President Joe Biden…
By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM — An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins…
By Gina Christian An attack on a Christian hospital in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war has left staff at the U.S. offices of the…
By David Agren BUENOS AIRES — Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy…