The U.S. bishops’ decision to shut down Catholic News Service by the end of this year will deprive the rest of the world of a reliable and authoritative source for the church’s take on things.

“I truly feel great sorrow at having to postpone this visit, which means so much to me," the pope said at his general audience on June 12.

Bishop Dolan compared his outlook to that of Pope Francis, explaining that he “grew up in a very large family, nine kids. There’s no way of drawing a line in the sand with nine kids. You can’t do that.”

I became a vegetarian, and I am now thinking about becoming a vegan. In this discernment, I see God staring back at me.

Many people who oppose the idea of women as deacons fear that the potential candidates aren’t faithful Catholics. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

The thrust of Bishop Erik Varden’s new book can be summed up in words preached on Pentecost Sunday: “We shouldn’t domesticate the Spirit. It comforts, but also devours.”

“For All Mankind” invents a Soviet victory in the space race and imagines a tempting counterfactual: What if Americans’ faith in government was never shattered?

Is there a way for Catholics to talk about the liturgy without it turning into a war?

“Morbius,” starring Jared Leto as a vampire in some kind of Spider-Man universe, tanked at the box office. But fans continue to celebrate this very silly film—and we can all learn from that.

Pope Francis has postponed “with regret” his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to South Sudan on the advice of his doctors so as “not to jeopardize the result of the therapy that he is undergoing.”

Pope Francis has said that going on pilgrimage is “one of the people of God’s most eloquent expressions of faith.” Why?

On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen consider the reasons to heed, or not, the rumors that Pope Francis will soon follow in the footsteps of Benedict XVI and Celestine V.

Too often the pro-life movement has been tempted into the pursuit of political power and domination over pro-choice opponents. But women worried about their rights are not the enemy.

A man threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s Maryland home June 8, carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties.

Rosemary Radford Ruether, who died on May 21, deliberately lived both within the Catholic tradition and on its margins.

I have called myself a peacemaker. I have never held a gun and never want to. But I am also a father, and I will always protect my children.

Even with the clarity of later church teaching, we still struggle to avoid a multitude of misleading notions about the Most Holy Trinity. One such misconception comes from the ancient institution we call monarchy.

“We have a system or systems that are failing,” said the archbishop of San Antonio, Tex., which includes Uvalde, said. “They’re obsolete. They’re not, anymore, what we need as a society.”

From smaller teams to a “two strikes and you’re out” rule, there are ways to make youth baseball faster and more fun. They may help save what used to be America’s favorite sport.

A new book, citing recently opened Vatican archives, suggests that Pope Pius XII avoided conflict with Nazis and that the Vatican worked hardest to save Jews who had converted to Catholicism.