Numerous prominent pastors have pondered the question of a sermon's length.

"We want to help people feel the joy of Christmas," Sabine Bou Serhal, 22, a chief for the group, told Catholic News Service.

Francis had decided to present Father Fiorito’s writings in the Jesuit Curia as “a way to express my gratitude for all that the Society [of Jesus] has given me and done for me.”

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa said he wanted to bring some holiday cheer to Gaza's Christians because it remains unclear whether they will be able to travel to Bethlehem in the West Bank for the holiday.

Our civic duty requires us to rise above partisan and sectional interests and to act to preserve the constitutional order.

The Rev. James Martin, S.J. leads listeners through a guided reflection on preparing yourself for the new entrance of Jesus into your heart and life during Advent.

The story sparked outrage in some Canadian Catholic circles.

With “A Hidden Life,” the writer and director Terrence Malick set himself a bold and perhaps impossible task: using all the visual resources of film to represent faith itself.

A Christie parody for Trump’s America, where the embodiment of chastising justice isn’t the detective but the scapegoat, is a strange, potentially powerful concept.

The author of the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” says prayer may be his most valuable writing hack.

In recent weeks, the Chinese government has intensified rhetoric against Christian churches in Hong Kong, portraying them as part of the “foreign hostile forces” that seek to create political unrest aimed at bringing down China’s one-party rule.

The opposition Labour Party suffered its worst defeat since 1935.

James Mayers, a 26-year-old local resident, was arrested at the scene of the fire.

The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what life is all about, Pope Francis told an international group of performers.

On this 50th anniversary of his priesthood, Francis, who now sees himself as “the world’s parish priest,” continued working as usual with a long series of audiences in the morning, including singers and musicians who will perform in the annual Vatican concert for Christmas.

A poet reflects in the 2019 George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize essay.

God’s descent into human life charges our pain with meaning and gives it a transformative power that would otherwise certainly elude us.

Why we need to uphold our arms control agreement with Russia and take the existential threat of nuclear weapons more seriously.

Members of the Society of Jesus have been among the relatively few Catholic Christians with a discerning appreciation for Freud.

Hint: It’s not a toy.