Catholicism has untold numbers of saints and many of them are beloved It is only right that in a ldquo universal church rdquo that this should be so sanctity and holiness are not the exclusive property of a few and the seemingly exponential variety and kinds of sainthood there is offers great ho

Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff to help poor people in Rome.

As the June 18 release of the pope 39 s encyclical on the environment approaches pre-emptive commentary either lauding or diminishing its so-far unseen contents continues apace Asked to comment on the galloping punditry that has anticipated the encyclical Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted wit

U S Conference of Catholic Bishops President and Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said U S bishops would welcome and cooperate with a new episcopal governing mechanism confirmed in an announcement from Rome this morning The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had accepted the recommendati

On Friday June 5 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat of New York reintroduced her Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to FY16 National Defense Authorization Act calling for removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command All Americans especially Catholics should join her

New collection brings the pope's intimate daily sermons to a universal audience.