For to be free is not merely cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

Who wouldn’t want a faith that promises wealth, health, and success? But beneath its shiny surface, the prosperity gospel ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the ...

The conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis began shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. After a period of prayer and ...

Today’s readings: Acts 5,27b-32.40b-41; Revelations 5,11-14; John 21,1-19 Since the demise of Pope John Paul II ... having forgotten their call to preach the Gospel to the nations, returned ...

From Bergamo, 60-year-old Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa brings the “Mother Church” back among the electors of a Pope for ...

When I saw that the topic was entitled "Shaping the next generation" my first thought was “Yikes!” I am 80 years old, with a space age gap between us — me participating in shaping the next generation.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...