As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar: the Dedication of the Basilica of St.

During its 2025 fall plenary assembly, which will take place Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ...

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January about state laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring the Ten Commandments ...

The changing landscape of Christianity in Europe, with growth in some countries and continued decline in others, poses ...

"Venezuelans have lost all hope after 26 years of socialist dictatorship and the largest refugee crisis in the world," a ...

While it was their first meeting in person, Pope Leo and Abbas had spoken by telephone in July when the fighting was still ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic and the first woman elected to that role, announced Nov. 6 she will not seek re ...

The word "vocation" comes from the Latin word "vocare," or "to call." A vocation is literally "a calling," which in a Catholic sense typically means a calling from God.

Bishop Gabriel Dunia of Auchi "expressed his deep pain and sorrow over the loss of the young seminarian" and urged intensified efforts to protect people.

In his Nov. 5, 2025 general audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the risen Christ as an unfailing source of hope in our daily ...

Remembering the generations of bishops, priests and laypeople martyred for their Catholic faith under communism in Romania, ...

The ongoing presence of the risen Christ fills life with meaning and proves that the human yearning for eternity is not only ...