Galileo Galilei was the most brilliant astronomer of his time, armed with a telescope and an obsession with truth. In the ...

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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, often called “the conscience of the nation,” has been trying to tone down the uproar after ...

COMMENTARY: Ukrainian Catholic leaders warn that priests have been expelled, churches destroyed, and religious life driven ...

The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe his story – from being born enslaved to becoming a college valedictorian – ...

From Copernicus to contemporary research, Catholics have long understood scientific inquiry as a partner with faith in the ...

A Catholic priest went viral for his sermon about “The Fate of Ophelia,” a song Taylor Swift wrote for her fiancé, Kansas ...

A Jan. 16 nailbiter between the two Catholic League powerhouses had its own excitement, thanks to Rocco Westfield’s 3-point ...

Six weeks ago, attorneys for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and clergy sex abuse survivors agreed to a settlement in the long ...

Matthew Becklo, who edited John Allen’s eleventh and final book in 2023, reflects on John’s vision for a “Catholic Commons” to resist the growing “culture of contempt” without eliding real differences ...

Francis, 88, died on Monday at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

The polarization of the Catholic Church in the United States sometimes seems as entrenched as our nation's political divides. Indeed, the gradual sorting of the nation into two ideologically opposed ...