Pope Francis’ peace mission, which he first announced on April 30, now appears to be underway.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Samantha Richardson

Debt ceiling negotiations are rankling some Catholic leaders.

The Catholic Church played a major role in bringing tobacco to Italy, which is still the number one producer of raw tobacco in the European Union today.

The guys caught up in gang violence were yearning for respect, as all people deserve, and gaining a grasp on their perspective was God’s lesson for me.

A Reflection for Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by James T. Keane

The Vatican said the driver was about 40 years old and was in a “serious state of psychophysical alteration."

as if you are a child lost on the water in a boat cast off from its lines

I am grateful for all the poets who submitted their work for the contest. Every year we get poems from all over the United States, and even across the world, about any number of topics.

I am a bishop, but before anything else, I am a human being who understands the severe toll of mental illness, especially when it is left untreated.