By Christopher Wells On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, just a few days before Christmas, Pope Francis invited the faithful to ...

I distinctly remember standing on a stage, ready to perform a Christmas concert, when our choir directly had one of the girls ...

Pope Francis focused on the gift of motherhood and "the miracle of life" during his Angelus address on Sunday. He spoke to ...

About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, but what, exactly, is an angel? Typical portrayals in Western art ...

When Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem 2024 years ago, it was a miracle that he or his mother survived. It was not a happy birth. Saint Luke tells us that it was an awful experience. Joseph and ...

The Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, has approved the establishment of an Order of Widows, a private association of the faithful.

the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in ...

In Francis’ 12th Christmas address to the Roman Curia, he reminded them, “An ecclesial community lives in joyful and ...

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in ...

What is the biggest piece of advice that you gave your daughter?” Without hesitation, she replied: “I told her to be kind.” ...

The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African ...

The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman ...