Often homilies are so long, 20 or 30 minutes, that people will go outside to smoke a cigarette and come back, the pope said.

Pope Francis received a new, emission-free, all-electric popemobile from representatives of Mercedes-Benz, the German car ...

The Supreme Court favors religious liberty, but the argument advanced by the U.S. bishops' conference will prove a bridge too ...

Childhood memories became a significant force behind Sr. Joan Chittister's relentless advocacy for women in all circumstances ...

In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for ...

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or ...

In response to the synod on synodality's punting on issues of women's leadership, the Women's Ordination Conference is ...

This week, the International Court of Justice began hearing oral arguments in a high-profile case brought by the island ...

With 40 inmates on federal death row and the clock ticking on President Joe Biden's term, Catholic Mobilizing Network is ...

Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leonard Leo. For his neighbors on a sparsely ...

If the Democrats want to reach working-class voters, they need to rework how they invoke science; be mindful of how scientism ...

Decades of clergy sex abuse scandals are an "existential threat" to the Catholic Church and can only be remedied through ...