The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Under Francis, the papacy has become more representative of voices from the “global south”, but the evolution of a post-Eurocentric world order during his pontificate poses new challenges for ...

While priests have a few different options for how they greet people at the beginning of Mass, the bishop has only one ...

Above the spa town of Kamena Vourla, the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour has stood for a thousand years ...

the first Catholic saint born in “New Spain,” shows her metaphorical marriage to a blond, light-skinned Christ. In a ...

"It's a challenge for us. It's hard to be Deaf and Catholic, especially in this day and age," Father Depcik said. "We need Deaf priests, and we need the support, that’s true, but we need to continue ...

The Korean production from Angel Studios retells Jesus’ miracles with a star-studded voice cast but falls into the faith-based-movie trap of putting message before artistry and entertainment value.

Matthew and Mark wrote for a very Jewish audience. The only quote they offer from Jesus is, “My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?” from Psalm 22. John who wrote for a Church that was already ...

Now, the discovery of 2,000 year-old olive trees and grapevines are believed to reflect accounts in the Gospel of John of where Jesus was crucified ... on by the Roman Catholic, Armenian and ...

His Jesus was a man of moral principles stripped ... plays a crucial role in the larger miracle of the crucifixion, the transfiguration of a degrading death into the salvation of all mankind.

Jesus wasn't just a teacher — he was a movement builder, a grassroots organizer and a radical leader of nonviolent resistance to injustice and empire. On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent ...

Her school was closing down. Again. Less than a year earlier, Mona and her friend Bridget Mulligan were sophomores at St. Barnabas, a Catholic girls’ school in the Bronx. When the school ...