Pope Francis wrote a letter of encouragement to parish priests, who were largely missing from the first synod session.

A Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein

Jesuit brothers of the world, unite!

An immediate and permanent cease-fire would leave Hamas and its military capabilities in place in Gaza. In such a scenario, who will protect Israeli citizens from continued acts of terrorism?

Xavier University, a small Catholic and historically Black school in New Orleans, formally signed an agreement with Ochsner Health to establish a medical school.

In some states, the thinking seems to be that the way to “solve” this problem is by weakening the laws. Catholics should resist those efforts.

Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate have welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of their first bishop–and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.

The great enemy of faith is not intelligence, nor is it reason, as some continue obsessively to repeat, Pope Francis said in his general audience today. The great enemy of faith is fear.

James Hart "Hootie" McCown didn't just have an amazing nickname. He was one of Flannery O’Connor’s best friends and spiritual advisors.