In recent years, a new kind of hostility has developed toward any hint of faith in the practice of health care. But the idea that health care must be a religion-free zone is absolutely bizarre.

Even though old age can weaken the body, Pope Francis said, it can also sharpen a person’s connection to God.

A Reflection of the Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Gloria Purvis

Last week in Chicago, bishops from throughout the United States and a few from other parts of the world engaged in dialogue with theologians, scholars and journalists about the state of the church.

James Martin, S.J., shares the lessons he learned as a young Jesuit about accompaniment.

In honor of Women’s History Month, “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” is exploring questions about what it means to be a woman, from a Catholic perspective.

One of America's finest literary talents, Leonard Feeney, S.J., rose to national prominence in the 1940s—but not for his prose or poetry.

For decades, the United States has responded to homelessness with small change. It’s time to think big and treat housing as a human right.

A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Jim McDermott

This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their most-used deductions. She wasn’t an accountant, a lawyer or even a politician, but an actual saint.

The Vatican czar on life issues, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, is on a mission to bring Pope Francis’ holistic pro-life vision to the United States.

Leonard Feeney, writes Avery Dulles, S.J., in this 1978 encomium, should be remembered for more than his actions that led to his excommunication. He was a gifted orator, apologist, writer and counselor.

Why one Orthodox patriarch can denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine even while another supports it

Members of the Métis National Council gave Pope Francis a set of beaded moccasins and asked him to walk with them on the path of truth, justice and healing of Canada’s Indigenous communities.

To face the challenge of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, Canada’s bishops will need to reinvent themselves.

A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Kieran Maelia

I’ve often said that as a Catholic feminist covering the Vatican, I cannot wait until it is no longer newsworthy when women take on greater leadership roles in the church, but it is de rigeur.

On Day 32 of the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis made another passionate appeal to political leaders “to understand that every day of war makes worse the situation for everyone.”

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke