Though the Christian communities around Erbil, like much of Iraq, were spared by the first wave of the pandemic, the numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths rose dramatically over the summer and appear now on the cusp of another significant acceleration.

Catholic women theologians said that they were tired of hearing words promoting women in the church without accompanying actions that place women in the clear leadership roles.

Demonstrators burned two Catholic churches in Chile, where gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests against inequality descended into chaos.

The number of priests and ordained leaders has dropped significantly, especially in Europe and America, according to the report issued on Friday by the Vatican.

A resident at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the residence where Pope Francis lives, tested positive for Covid-19.

The church needs to pay more attention to the moral impact of screens on our identity, agency and relationships.

After being received in private audience by Pope Francis last Monday, Cardinal George Pell concluded an unforgettable week by celebrating his first public Mass in Rome since his return to the Vatican on Sept. 30.

‘The Boys’ gleefully satirizes every aspect of superhero movies by showing how corrupt all-powerful beings would be if they existed in the real world.

When the high school student Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with cancer, he and his family never could have imagined how many people would hear his story.

That “Chicago 7” is turning up on Netflix at this precise moment is no accident, the moment being serious.

Rev. Stephen M. Kelly, a 71-year-old Jesuit priest, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to 33 months in jail, three years’ probation and restitution fees for his role in a symbolic nuclear disarmament action.

The most important religious group to the 2020 presidential election is not really a religious group at all. 

A conversation with Father Pat Conroy, Jesuit priest and chaplain to all 435 members of the House, from the hosts of Jesuitical.

blindness is not darkness

Stephen Graham Jones's new novel creates an extraordinary portrait of sacrifice and costly reconciliation.

The stories in Valerie Sayers's new collection are populated with characters who strive to hang on to something good.

Different modes of authority and models of governance have existed in the Catholic Church's history, often in response to the need for church reform.

Mass attendance and Catholic affiliation have been eroding steadily since the 1970s for all income brackets, but the sharpest decline has been among the two bottom economic quartiles.