Why is Pansy so angry? That is, in many ways, the raison d’etre of ‘Hard Truths.’

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels, although just under one quarter of the nation’s Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Lenahan

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Leilani Fuentes

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, by Ashley McKinless

Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed groups have competed for power and control of this vast nation’s potential fortune.

In the face of dangerous nativism and the possibility of state violence through deportation, the church will be challenged to offer a compelling and credible response.

Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.

With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis decided to extend the term of the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals rather than make way for someone new.