Suppressing all elements of the Latin Mass would alienate Catholics who desire the reformed liturgy but also seek the rich liturgical elements of the centuries-old Tridentine celebration.

A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz

In an address to members of three religious orders, the pope asked for "zero tolerance" for abusers in the church and expressed his "closeness" with the people of Ukraine.

“This is God’s creation being revealed to us, and in it we can see both his astonishing power and his love of beauty,” Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, the director of the Vatican Observatory, said.

We will all be a lot better off when fewer distinctions are made between us clergy and everyone else.

More than two weeks after a 145-year-old Catholic church was destroyed by fire, law enforcement officials announced that two suspects were arrested and charged with felonies for a blaze officials confirmed was arson.