“Praise increases joy. Praise is like a ladder: it leads hearts upward,” Pope Francis said. “Praise elevates souls and defeats the temptation to give up.”

The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.

Nicaragua appears to have frozen the bank accounts of the country's Jesuit university, marking yet another attack on the Catholic Church.

Wildfires raged on the island of Maui, wiping out an entire town and driving people to seek refuge in the ocean.

A rule proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Aug. 7 governing the implementation of the law contains broad language including abortion among "related medical conditions."

Controversy and deep division continue in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy.