“The Church is a family of families,” Pope Francis writes in “Amoris Laetitia.”

Our commitment to God is expressed through living out the gospel, but also in your fidelity to prayer. Day in and day out. “Showing up and shutting up,” as my friend likes to say about daily prayer.

A record number of wildfires and the rapid deforestation of the Amazon are prompting Latin American bishops to plead for international action, writes America’s correspondent in Brazil, Eduardo Campos Lima.

We need not continue to enable the enablers of disinformation.

Pasolini called “Salò” his first film “about the modern world.”

In her new book on 'Red State Christians,' Angela Denker seeks “greater engagement and conversation at a time when America feels pulled to its extremes, when our first national impulse is to block and unfriend anyone who disagrees with us."

The history of “Sesame Street” offers some helpful lessons to anyone trying to spread a message of hope in an all-too-divided world.

Do not ever let anyone say that sobriety is easy on a family: The return of a prodigal can spark consuming fires.

Its multifaceted approach aims to welcome couples into the community, enrich their relationships and help them grow together in the faith.

The investigation will determine the credibility of an accusation of abuse allegedly committed “more than 50 years ago” by Archbishop Pinera who, at 103, is the oldest living bishop in the world.

New South Wales is the only Australian state where abortion remains a criminal offense.

Be praised, O Lord, for this bit of mystery, / which lifts, which lightens.

Deadly riots regularly occur in the third-largest prison system in the world, reports Eduardo Campos Lima, and Brazilian authorities are restricting the practice of religion rather than address overcrowding, gang activity and other problems.

Love created us to be distinct from itself so that we could choose to love. It will not annihilate us, overwhelm who we are.

Part of our special family issue.

Jon Hassler championed "America’s often struggling middle class” with his rigorous moral vision in his novels.

Without the I.N.F. Treaty, there are no longer any limits on destabilizing intermediate-range weapons. There are also no mechanisms for verification and transparency measures or other confidence-building exchanges among military officials and nuclear arms scientists.

Pew explains, “just one-third of U.S. Catholics (31 percent) say they believe that ‘during Catholic Mass, the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus.’”

Each grandparent finds their own way to maintain connections, build relationships and meet the challenges of sharing their Catholic faith from afar.