VATICAN CITY -- The only reasonable way to address the suffering of Ukrainians is to stop fighting and negotiate, Pope Francis said.
Even during his busy six-day journey to Canada, "I did not cease praying for the suffering and battered...
MANILA, Philippines -- Some Catholics in the Philippines have hailed former President Fidel Ramos for the restoration of democracy and revival of the economy following the ouster of long-reigning dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Ramos, who served as president 1992-1998, died...
Lori Helfrich, the parish life director at Mother of Good Counsel Church in Hazard County, Kentucky, had just come from volunteering at the food pantry that her parish helps support.
They were cutting up melons to distribute to people hit...
The path from editorial and magazine work to literary fiction has been a slow but steady one for cradle-Catholic Katy Carl.
Carl's highly anticipated debut novel, "As Earth Without Water," was released in the fall of 2021 by Wiseblood Books,...
Of her first novel, writer and editor-in-chief of the literary journal "Dappled Things," Katy Carl, says:
"The task of art is to represent, at some depth, reality as we find it and as it might be. This includes the front...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CANADA -- The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was "genocide," Pope Francis said.
Asked by an Indigenous reporter why he...
It’s been a busy, soccer-centric summer for Paige Kenton, but the Padua Academy alumna wouldn’t have it any other way. Kenton, a multi-sport standout for the Pandas who graduated from the Wilmington school in 2020, has spent most of...
July 25 marked the 54th anniversary of St. Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae," reaffirming the church's teaching on contraception and openness to the gift of new life.
Four days earlier, the House of Representatives voted to make it illegal for...
Where does God show up on your calendar?
I pose this as a real question, not a rhetorical one. If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger glanced at your calendar on the wall or a hacker...
ROME -- In his first public comments since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision that legalized abortion, Justice Samuel Alito said writing the ruling was an "honor."
Delivering a July 21 keynote address at a gala dinner...