Just like male deacons, women deacons are extensively covered in early Pastoral Manuals, such as the Didascalia of the ...

"Those who are running for public office probably will not satisfy each and every issue that lies before you," so Catholics ...

Three U.S. cardinals who met with Pope Francis aren't saying what was on the agenda. A likely topic, writes NCR's Michael ...

After Pope Francis last week met with several American cardinals attending this year’s Synod of Bishops, one who was notably ...

Halloween is a day filled with excitement, charged with the imagination and the spirit of adventure that makes childhood such ...

Pope Francis' comments on the Oct. 7 commemoration invoked a New Testament passage that has historically been used to ...

Pope Francis has met with 17 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Belgium BRUSSELS -- On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of ...

Many may not give much thought to the calendar, called the Gregorian calendar, that we plan our daily lives by each day. We ...

Ahead of the canonization of the Martyrs of Damascus at Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on October 20, Fr. Luke Gregory of ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing ...

Pope Francis criticized military attacks that go "beyond morality" after he was asked about Israel's recent escalation of attacks in Lebanon that targeted top Hezbollah commanders. Francis made ...

Pope Francis nominates new batch of cardinals for 10th time in 11 years The Argentinian pope has diversified global profile of cardinals Some choices baffle Church watchers as he skips big ...