“The [Second Vatican] Council was a visit of God to his church. It was one of those things that God produces in history through holy people,” Pope Francis said in an interview published in Belgium on Feb. 28.

Pope Benedict never ceased to argue that democracy must be judged by truth, a criterion it cannot measure but can only be measured by.

Comedian Chelsea Handler proudly champions her childfree lifestyle. But for Catholics, parenthood is not simply a lifestyle choice and has less to do with happiness than with purpose.

A lovingly crafted new revival of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music makes a fresh case for reconsideration of Lorraine Hansberry's less well-known second play, which followed the classic “A Raisin in the Sun.”

In honor of Black history month, two intellectual giants and close friends, Cornel West and Robert George, join “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about what Black joy and resistance mean to them.

McCarrick, once one of the most powerful clerics in the Catholic Church known for his fundraising prowess, has been accused of sexually abusing both adult and child victims over decades.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the First Week of Lent, by Kaya Oakes

A Reflection for Monday of the First Week of Lent, by Rachel Lu

Like St. John Paul II, Pope Francis takes seriously that the restoration of the liturgy was the result of the movement of the Holy Spirit.

At the end of April, Pope Francis will travel to Hungary, where he will meet with government officials, refugees, scholars and young people in the capital of Budapest.

“I do not condemn capitalism in the way some attribute to me. Nor am I against the market [economy],” Pope Francis stated in El Pastor, a new book by two Argentine journalists.

What sets Fred Rogers apart from so many other public figures is very simple. I believe wholeheartedly that, given the chance, he would have been glad to meet me. And you.

A Reflection for Saturday after Ash Wednesday, by Tim Reidy

Having Mass announcements right before the liturgy ends is like having the director come out and stop “Hamlet” three minutes before it finishes in order to tell the audience where the best post-show night spots are.

Prison reform advocates, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Urban Institute, have praised the program for having “dramatically changed the field of re-entry in Colorado.”

When Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Klymenko came upon thousands of wooden boxes being used to transport ammunition, he decided to use them as canvases for art.

“Women Talking” is an exploration of the way that religion can be used to imprison people—and what’s worse, to teach them to imprison themselves.

A Reflection for Friday after Ash Wednesday, by James T. Keane

This week, Zac and Ashley join forces with the hosts of the universe’s leading Jewish podcast, “Unorthodox,” for our annual Lenten conversation.

This week, Pope Francis again confirmed restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, making it clear that permission to celebrate the pre-Vatican II liturgy is reserved to the Vatican.