The Roman Catholic Church, to preserve a healthy future, must embrace the idea that women can be ordained as church leaders.

The quiet perseverance of St. Monica and the conversion of her son, St. Augustine, offer a clear window into the spiritual ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in a fire that engulfed a Swiss ski resort bar ...

Guilherme Peixoto, better known as Padre Guilherme, is a priest from a village in northern Portugal who preaches by day and ...

Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and ...

The papal staff, used only by the pope and topped with a cross or a crucifix, is different from the bishop’s crozier — the ...