The Israelites were faithful to God when they had a judge to assist them, but when he died, they would turn away again. We have Jesus as a judge who aids and saves us, so we have the ability to turn ...

Hondurans believe the upcoming election offers an opportunity to restore public confidence in democracy and dodge the return of authoritarianism.

Brothers and sisters, when in this life we “choose life,” we are right to see in Mary, assumed into heaven, our own destiny.” ...

One Jesuit's encounter with a cop, a cat and several fellow Catholics in search of a connection to the first American pontiff.

Nothing in revelation requires us to believe that salvation must be easy, likely or equally accessible to all, but it cannot ...

Alone among its international peers, the United States has no national mandate for paid maternity or paternity leave.

It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

As in vitro fertilization (IVF) continues to make headlines, the status of the many embryos created and frozen in this ...

Terrence M. Curry, S.J., is a practicing architect in Brooklyn, N.Y. where he is the director of St. Joseph Studio Workshop.

When I encounter the Good News as read by Johnny Cash, I encounter it as a living proclamation—not as a dead letter.

Can Pope Leo visit Gaza? Calls for him to do so have mounted in recent weeks, most notably with an Aug. 12 Instagram post from Madonna. But it’s not that easy.

Today, Catholics are blessed to be able to receive Christ, the bridegroom, daily in the Eucharist and venerate Christ out of love, which is “preferable to fear.” And reminiscing on the 1,300 bleak ...