What is needed, far more than a perfect abortion law, is a clear focus on the moral failure of a society in which abortion rates are rising rather than falling, in which too many women feel afraid, unable or unwilling to carry pregnancies to term and welcome new life into the world.

Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?

Despite past tensions with Pope Francis and a period without assignment, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary, has been appointed as the apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.

Archbishop Viganò said he “does not recognize” the authority of the Dicastery of the Doctrine for the Faith or of Pope Francis.

The ultimate goal is to prepare the men to be able to build strong and healthy relationships with their parishioners.

The head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has defended his department's use of expelled Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik’s artwork in its official materials.

A conversation with Rachel L. Swarns, the author of "The 272: The Families Who were Enslaved and Sold to Build The American Catholic Church"

Spanish Jesuit Luis María Roma, who died in 2019, was recently discovered to have abused hundreds of Indigenous girls while serving as a missionary in rural Bolivia, and to have documented his acts in a diary.

The opera ‘San Xavier’ provides a glimpse of how Jesuits evangelized with music—a key dimension of the 1986 film “The Mission.”

Ivan Illich was a “radically orthodox” monsignor who remained tradition-minded his entire life. With Pope Francis, his hour may have finally arrived.

The fact that audiences see the story as aspirational is more of a reflection on us as fallen people than the film itself.

The U.S. surgeon general suggests a warning label on social media apps. But God entrusted us with the care of our children, and we’re the ones who should be held accountable for any harms.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, by Ashley McKinless

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Heather Trotta

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, by Molly Cahill

In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell bring you inside the G7 summit and Pope Francis' meeting with comedians.

A Homily for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Pope Francis and a nine member Council of Cardinals heard presentations from women experts on the role of women in the church through the lens of canon law.