After the publication of "Laudato Si'," rumors circulated that Pope Francis had personally asked Leonardo Boff for his input on the writing of the encyclical. It marked an ironic turn in the theologian's long career.

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

The Catholic partisan divide provides an opportunity for the church to model proper civic behavior.

America’s Catholic Movie Club columnist looks at this year’s crop of contenders.

The 10 children and a young man were brought to the Vatican-run Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital for an initial assessment, Vatican News reported.

Father Robert Hoeffner, who was slain alongside his sister Sally Hoeffner on Jan. 28th, had recently celebrated his 50th jubilee as a priest in April 2023.

“True peace remains distant” between Israel and Palestine until the two-state solution is implemented, Pope Francis said in an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa published today.

For the second time in less than a week, a Chinese bishop was ordained with the approval of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government.

The time is ripe for rethinking the assumption that the purpose of acquiring a college degree is to snag a job at graduation.

The Islamic State group said in a statement late Sunday that it “attacked a gathering of Christian unbelievers during their polytheistic ceremony.”

New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine joins the “Jesuitical” podcast to explain why Christians must understand Jesus within his Jewish context.

“Terce: A Practical Breviary” doesn’t feel all that far from a worship experience—at least, what an ideal worship experience might be.

Catholic Movie Club: Institutions don’t change easily.

Pope Francis sought to clarify the declaration on blessings of couples in “irregular situations” in his address today to the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Following Georgetown University's efforts to acknowledge and amend its history with slavery, Loyola University Maryland officially published a report detailing its own connections to slavery.

Many Ugandan Catholics oppose Pope Francis' approval of same-sex blessings. LGBTQ Ugandans have fled to neighboring countries to escape homophobia.

A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy

A Reflection for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, by Ashley McKinless

Alabama plans to put an industrial-grade respirator mask over Mr. Smith’s face and replace his breathing air with pure nitrogen gas, causing him to die from lack of oxygen. He will not be rendered unconscious before the procedure begins.