The craftsmanship is extraordinary—woodwork, stonework, metalwork and glasswork. Even with a trained eye, it is almost impossible to distinguish the parts that were replaced from those that survived ...

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 ...

Francis and Clare. Ignatius and Xavier. Felicitas and Perpetua. Some saints we know better because of their friends. The same is true for John and Paul. Ian Leslie’s new book looks at two ...

This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition.

John Rziha is a professor of moral theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., where he has taught since 2001.

Mary’s Assumption doesn’t appear in Scripture. But that doesn’t mean it’s just a human addendum to church teaching.

One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married couple dressed in sackcloth and covered themselves in ashes. They went to their parish priest, ...

I wonder out loud,¿Qué es esto?Since when did bilingualism become a crime?My bones tremble in Spanish, qué miedoand I stuffmy double r’s and my ñ’s in ...

In 'The Spirit of the Game,' Paul Emory Putz offers insights into the synergy between sports and Christianity in the United States.

In his new book, Michael Peppard suggests that Catholics “encounter” the Bible not just in the text but through worship, prayer, art, song and literature. This represents a uniquely Catholic way of ...

Episcopal priest and teacher of contemplative spirituality. He is the author of Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide and co-author of The New Monasticism and Occupy Spirituality. He serves as Director of ...

Catherine Petrany is an associate professor in the theology department at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.