Catholic Church
How on earth did this happen?
A six-month U.S. tour, The Heart of a Priest, is offering the chance to venerate a relic of St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney.
Churches continue to work at the grassroots to see the peace deal implemented.
In the rise of European secularism, Poland is an exception. Not in the rise of right-wing extremism.
First Erin White fell in love with Christ. Then she fell in love with Chris.
The problem with John Podesta's outraged critics isn't their tone. It's their narrow understanding of church—and organizing.
Papal politics and perils
Politi's account reveals much of what happened among the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on those days in March 2013.
There’s the Pope Francis buzz. And then there’s reality. Last week news outlets reported that Pope Francis would form a commission to study the issue of female deacons in the Catholic Church. The predictable reverberations began immediately.
Within a decade, a sixth of the world's Catholics will be African—yet the continent has few canonized saints. This is starting to change.
One might expect Spotlight to be fascinating because of the victims' stories. But it's the focus on clerical and legal institutions that grabs the viewer.
Morality vs. moralism
Just when I was feeling despondent, I was asked to review a book by Luigi Giussani. His rhetoric both bamboozled and mesmerized me.
In January, Pope Francis will visit the Philippines. By 2050, there could be 100 million Catholics there.