Whether in the Middle Ages or a modern Marian renaissance, how Mary looks can reflect and affirm the people she appears to.

Pope Francis’ comments are clearly far more nuanced than many initial reactions suggested.

While Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant do not face imminent arrest, the announcement has been perceived as a symbolic blow that deepens Israel’s international isolation because of its conduct of the war in Gaza.

In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle Gerard O’Connell unpack the pope’s comments and broader highlights of the interview.

Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine made national headlines. But what is student life really like at this growing Catholic college?

Palestinians face a much stronger neighbor who apparently can occupy territory with impunity. Irish people, with a strong cultural memory of British rule, have a visceral reaction to such a situation, he suggests.

Let us cultivate universities and workplaces where the contemplative life is valued, where introverts and extroverts alike can thrive, and where every person can feel recognized.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Carol Zuegner

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

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

A Reflection for Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Cecilia González-Andrieu

Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first “millennial” to become a saint.

A Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Father Terrance Klein

The complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust is the central subject of two shows now running in New York City.

Your enemies are children of God—and that includes the presidential candidate you can’t stand and his supporters.

A Reflection for Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Heather Trotta

“Brothers and sisters, humility is everything. It is what saves us from the Evil One,” Pope Francis said at today’s general audience, concluding his cycle of catechesis on virtue.

“Authentic palliative care is radically different from euthanasia, which is never a source of hope or genuine concern for the sick and dying,” the pope said in a message to the first International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care in Toronto.