Rather than a claim to know conscience’s demands for everyone, it is a challenge for voters to engage in deeper reflection, ...

St. Francis of Assisi gave away his money—even more so his father’s—to the poor. Whatever social good his act did was limited ...

Steps from the Vatican, LGBT Catholics from around the world gathered to answer the question: What do you want synod ...

Undermining the fabric of shared reality is one of the most brutal and insidious tactics of authoritarian regimes. Christians ...

Most families have been forced to move many times and with each new displacement, families lose or abandon more belongings.

A common theme in Scripture is the promise that all things will eventually come to light. What is misunderstood today will be ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to the Vatican Oct. 11, four ...

Despite my glaringly Polish last name, my upbringing in the faith was molded in many ways by the fiercely Irish side of my ...

As we sang and laughed and chatted, people around the table shared their preferences for a sung or spoken Our Father. Some ...

As I get older, one of the greatest challenges to my spiritual life is complacency. I’ve changed a lot over the years, but in ...

Sam Kastel is a rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Staten Island, New York and a hospice chaplain at VNSNY Health (formerly Visiting Nurse Service of New York).

A delegation organized by the American group Christians for Ceasefire visits Palestine and experiences a weeklong training ...