Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church's eparchy in Melbo ...

Even though death surrounds them every day, Gaza Strip's Christian community tries to "relieve the suffering" by assisting each other with spiritual and material needs. The number of casualties and ...

Controversy over women's ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop, who is a member ...

The people of upper East Tennessee near the North Carolina border are working to piece their lives back together amid the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene. And t ...

Hurricane Helene's broad impact across an entire swath of the U.S. South means resources will be stretched thin following the massive storm, according to Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the ...

Small, everyday occurrences tend to be overshadowed by history's grand, extraordinary, or abnormal events. On the surface, ...

Because our Church is universal, Mass is celebrated in many different dialects every day. When you consider the message spoken around our altars, it becomes apparent that we speak a common language -- ...

In a Jan. 1, 1802, letter to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association, President Thomas Jefferson wrote one of the most famous sentences in American presidential history. After quoting the religi ...

Through the union of husband and wife, God intended to bestow His blessings on the human family -- making it fruitful, multiplying it until it filled the earth.

On a dusky fall evening, I take a walk down a familiar neighborhood street. Ahead of me, a small deer looks my way at the same moment I spot him. Freezing, I realize he's being followed by seven c ...

More than half of Americans aged 65 and up will eventually need some type of long-term care, according to a 2022 study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Although many seniors have ...

When people invest in mutual funds to help them achieve their financial goals, they do so primarily for diversification ...