"It is my hope that the White Sox will continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity among people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace," Le...

"The reckoning I am describing," James Lomastro writes, "will be settled by whether either party, once in office, treats a frail elder's dignity as a governing obligation rather than a seasonal talkin...

As the artificial intelligence boom drives a rapid expansion of data centers across the United States, server facilities are becoming an increasingly visible issue in the 2026 midterm elections.

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the regulation of AI during his return flight to Rome, stating that concerns expressed by tech industry leaders over the catastrophic risks to humanity posed by the technology...

The head of state of the least populous country, Pope Leo XIV, is neither grotesque nor greedy.

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Dennis Kucinich, former congressman from Ohio who has been an outspoken voice against war.

At a moment in history when relations between nations "are becoming increasingly barbaric," dialogue and multilateralism remain "the best antidote to the desire for domination, which lies at the root ...

When Jesus says, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them," he attaches no condition. He does not add "unless their parents are undocumented," or "provided they were born to citizens."

Preaching to the infirmed, disabled and those who care for them at one of Catholicism's most iconic shrines, Pope Leo XIV said that "no human law should ever make you lose the certainty of your dignit...

In the city of Lourdes, the pope met individually seven victims of sexual abuse — four men and three women selected by the Bishops' Conference of France — before addressing them as a group.

For many young Catholics, the pope's visit was a validation of the current cultural shift around Catholicism in France. Leo told 80,000 young people at a vigil, "You are the saints of France!"

"The task before us is therefore not merely to manage the consequences of conflict, but to address its root causes and create the conditions for a peace that can endure," Cardinal Pietro said of the w...

The pope closed the Paris leg of his trip with enthusiasm, praying that faith and charity "blossom throughout France."

"Great things happen in Chicago," the pope said on the plane to France.

Speaking at UNESCO, the pope brought his AI agenda to France at a time when the global conversation over AI regulation is exploding, with several tech industry executives leading the charge.

The Trump administration notified Congress on Tuesday (Sept. 22) that it once again plans to limit the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to 17,500 admissions next year, primarily white South Africans.

Without Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, would there have been a President John F. Kennedy? In a country historically skeptical of Catholicism, Sheen's TV homilies showed that Catholics were just as American a...

"Barron is correct to insist he is not a 'member of the Trump administration' but his selective treatment of the church's teachings convicts him as an apologist for the president," Michael Sean Winter...

Nearly 1,000 Catholics processed behind a statue of Our Lady of Fatima and a banner that read, "Pray the Rosary, Walk in Faith, Protect our Families," to show support for immigrants in San Jose, Calif...

With more than a million expected to see him in France, Pope Leo XIV is set to make quite the splash during his four-day trip to the country, long thought to be hostile to the realm of religion.

Seminary formation must prepare future priests to understand authority not as power exercised alone, but as a ministry of listening, discernment, responsibility and service within the whole people of ...

The Nov. 6-17 trip will be the first papal visit to Latin America of Leo's pontificate and his longest international journey to date.

"The current administration has shown no real interest in arms control diplomacy … so the initiative for nuclear restraint and arms reduction will have to come from concerned citizens," David Cortrigh...

AI is increasingly becoming more than a search engine for people. It can be a source of guidance on relationships, morality, grief, spirituality and the meaning of life. That shift is at the center of...

Two women now head major Vatican offices, and a third will soon. But the altar rail tells another story about their progress in the church, writes Phyllis Zagano.

Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said the Catholic Church offers the labor movement both significant convening power and "validation that humanity has to be at the center" of the AI revolution.

The 1992 comedy offers something worth considering: a reflection on what happens when a Black woman brings her culture, gifts and way of worship into a community that doesn't initially know what to do...

The Supreme Court handed President Trump a major defeat, blocking a plan to involve the U.S. Postal Service in screening mail-in ballots. Before the ruling, Archbishop Wenski spoke about elections and...

Sociologist Tricia Bruce and her team found that when it comes to abortion attitudes, everyday Americans do not fall neatly into pro-life or pro-choice binaries. Bruce spoke to the National Catholic R...

While Trump insists he has "done more for religion than any other president," he has been repeatedly sued by faith groups — particularly over his attempts to restrict immigration and facilitate mass d...

A prominent Catholic bishop and commentator has waded into the ongoing culture war over empathy and its role in Christianity, siding with conservative influencers who argue that practicing empathy car...

Detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" were held in outdoor cages about the same size as telephone booths, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector G...

Trump believes that the only way the GOP can win the midterms is if they make it a referendum on his leadership. Democrats believe his approach is also their best strategy for winning back the House a...

Applying the principles of synodality can repair political discourse in the United States which has become "debilitated" in recent years, said Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas.

The Vatican has published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See's COVID-19 cost-saving measures.

Bankruptcy is not enough to "move beyond" the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis. The clerical/hierarchical culture has yet to square up with the reality of bishops' betrayal of the community at a sac...

As relations between Canada and the U.S. fray due to the U.S. trade war, Bishop Pierre Goudreault, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, says he hopes the two nations can reconcile...

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Jesuit Fr. Greg Boyle, who has spent decades accompanying and working with young people and gang members in Los Angeles.

Theologians and representatives of Catholic advocacy organizations and religious orders described pastoral challenges of some hardline immigration enforcement policies as among the concerns Catholics ...

Since he lost his life, Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department Chaplain Fr. Mychal Judge has been hailed as a hero, suggested for sainthood, and praised as a selfless friend not only to fi...

Two priests remember Sept. 11, 2001, from radically different vantage points: one as a pastor responding to the catastrophe; the other as a seminarian who would learn that his uncle had died at the Wo...

"It pains me to reflect on how much Leah — who will forever be one day shy of her 25th birthday on this side of eternity — missed out on," writes NCR's Brian Fraga.

Martha Burnett Pettee's brother died in the Flight 93 attack, and her son survived the Minneapolis shooting. "What's in my prayers every single day is, 'your will be done,' " she said. "I can't predic...

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