Officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops warn that the Syrian refugee crisis—four million people have fled the war-torn state—has reached a dangerous “tipping point.” Turkey alone has absorbed almost two million refugees from Syria and is now the only regional pow

According to a report in nbsp Avvenire the weekly newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference the beatification of El Salvador 39 s martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero will take place on May 23 at a ceremony in El Salvador the day before Pentecost Sunday The date was announced yesterday as Monsign

The grace, wisdom and humor you are demonstrating in the face of cancer truly inspires.

Turkey on verge of being 'overwhelmed' as thousands flee Islamic State

'New York has lost a good and holy pastor. America magazine has lost a true friend.'

Pew poll finds 68 percent of religious 'nones' see pope favorable.

The University of Notre Dame website went dark on Feb. 26; it’s usually lively front page replaced by an image of Father Theodore Hesburgh and a quote from the same: “I never wanted to be anything but a priest, which is in itself a great and unearned grace. I hope to live and die a pries

Leonard Nimoy has died at 83 nbsp In a lovely convocation address nbsp h t nbsp Catholic Dems to Boston University in 2012 he described his connection to Jesuit learning Around this time I had a welcome bit of affirmation I was seen in a play by a Jesuit priest who ran the theatre program at Bo

Vatican watchers suggest the leak intended to discredit Pell

After almost nine months in captivity in Afghanistan Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar has been released and is back home with his family in India International Director Peter Balleis S J said J R S staff in Afghanistan and around the world were elated to have Father Kumar home ldquo He rsquo