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In one corner of the room sits a pile of bags. A few paper grocery bags from Whole Foods. Reusable plastic ones from Ross, Lululemon and Primark. Mundane-looking, sloppy even, [...]

Global reaction among bishops has varied in response to the Vatican's declaration that priests may now bless same-sex couples and other Catholics living in 'irregular' situations, like those cohabiting or [...]

One fall afternoon, I stood on a small island of green located in the crosshairs of three hectic New York City streets. It was rush hour, the sun beginning to [...]

I stand on the sidewalk in front of a three-story Victorian house in Syracuse, N.Y. The intricate details are painstakingly painted in bright hues of yellows and blues and greens. [...]

When Richard and Angela Wolohan created the Wolohan Family Foundation in 1986, they sought to use their wealth, derived in part from the sale of a successful lumber company, to [...]

Isaac Fitzgerald's collection of essays Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional isn't a Catholic memoir. Except when it is. Fitzgerald, who is also a children's book author, begins at the start of [...]

Antisemitic incidents reached a historic high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League, and a series of high-profile incidents at the close of 2022 suggest that this unfortunate trend has [...]

Rome is a city whoso very essence compels people to look up. For this I am thankful, especially when, one evening during a reporting trip here in February. I-descend down [...]

For the roughly 1.75 million students enrolled in Catholic schools throughout the United States and their parents--especially their parents--news about what school will look like in September cannot come soon [...]

Sister Mumbi Kigutha had just finished participating in a 'circle of lament' with about 20 other people on May 30, sharing fears and frustrations about racism in the United States [...]

Across the country public Masses have been suspended for weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. But by early May at least two U.S. dioceses had begun reopening churches, and others [...]

It started off as a trickle, with only the Archdiocese of Seattle--located in one of the hardest-hit regions in the nation in terms of the coronavirus--announcing on March 11 that [...]

A mother of five needed help navigating multiple medical appointments, sorting her medications, arranging transportation and completing the many other day-to-day challenges that confronted people with H.I.V. and AIDS in [...]

Taking a few steps is something most people take for granted. It is a fairly easy process at first thought, just one leg in front of the other. But the [...]

The Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium, a subgroup within the national bishops' conference, have created a prayer liturgy for same-sex couples--part of their effort, they say, to make the church more [...]

America Media will have a new leader beginning on Dec. 1. Sam Sawyer, S.J., will take the helm of the 113-year-old magazine and digital publishing ministry following the editor in [...]

While the waviness of the midterm election on Nov. 6 continues to be debated, Simone Campbell, S.S.S., called the day 'a tremendous success,' at least when it came to the [...]

Just months after his 18th birthday, three days after his troubling conduct led to expulsion from Marjory Stone-man Douglas High School in February 2017, the author of the mayhem in [...]

Last month, to mark the fifth anniversary of @Pontifex, the papal Twitter account, Pope Francis sent a message thanking his followers and offering a prayer, of sorts, for social media [...]

A group of 12 U.S. Catholic bishops, including a cardinal and an archbishop, have signed a statement of support for L.G.B.T. youth, telling them, 'God created you, God loves you [...]

Chicago's oldest hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1852, may soon be relegated to history. Citing years of financial struggle, structural changes in health care and a lack [...]

A new survey of the religious composition of the United States shows that white non-Hispanic Christians are increasingly less dominant in American society. Fewer than half of all the states [...]

Last month, the bishop of Lexington, Ky., addressed hundreds of L.G.B.T. Catholics and their supporters who were meeting in Chicago at a New Ways Ministry national symposium, telling them, 'Your [...]

A group of preschoolers at St. Ethelreda School, located in Chicago's Auburn- Gresham neighborhood, walk single-file down a hallway. As the youngsters pass by their principal, some turn to wave. [...]

Why Religion? By Elaine Pagels Ecco Press 256p $27.99 Plumbing the depths The religion scholar Elaine Pagels has spent much of her life answering questions about her interest in issues [...]

Catholic leaders in the United States welcomed new procedures from the Vatican aimed at holding church leaders accountable for reporting sexual abuse. The initial reaction of victim advocates was more [...]

A stroll through the Vatican highlights the Catholic Church's historic interest in map making, from the 40 massive frescoes in the Gallery of Maps that depict the different regions of [...]

As provinces of the Society of Jesus in the United States release lists of their members who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse against minors, questions are emerging about [...]

Janine Scott-dos Santos has prayed over the possibility of legalizing her relationship with her longtime partner. South Africa, where Ms. Scott-dos Santos lives with her partner and their 8-year-old son, [...]

In The Shadow of the Bridge By Joseph Caldwell Delphinium 200p $24 When challenged by a friend in the 1960s about why he didn't take his church's peace teachings more [...]

For the past few years, I have been on a pilgrimage of sorts. It began when a friend who is a priest told me about his ministry in the 1980s [...]

Broad accusations issued by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano in what he calls a testimony roiled the Catholic Church in August, but Pope Francis is approaching the situation calmly, the Vatican [...]

Pope Francis communicated more with one hand than many in the audience had seen in a long time from a church leader. With a smile on his face and his [...]