Pope Francis will visit Bulgaria and North Macedonia from May 5 to 7, two majority Orthodox countries with very small Catholic populations.

Bishop Oscar Cantu, the co-adjutor bishop of San Jose, Calif., has assumed governance of the diocese upon the resignation of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath. Bishop Cantu's appointment was announced May 1 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.

A South African archbishop has urged the government to act against xenophobic attacks, which have increased as general elections approach.

Dickerson -- founder of the Women of the Well ministry for trafficking survivors based in Louisville -- said she lived in Chicago for a time and even then she was brought to Louisville to be trafficked during the Derby.

President Donald Trump ordered changes for how refugees may apply for asylum to the U.S., requesting an application fee from asylum-seekers and denying them permission to work depending on how the applicant entered the country.

Jewish communities worldwide are feeling an "increasing sense of emergency" due to the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks. In 2018 alone, according to Tel Aviv University researchers, there has been a 13% increase in such attacks upon Jews and Jewish communities, with the most dramatic cases occurring in Western Europe, and recently, in the United States.

A recent report from the Pew Research Center, "In Western European Countries With Church Taxes, Support for the Tradition Remains Strong," finds that in an ever more secular European continent, official financial support for the churches remain constant, whether people attend services or not.

Fear should not keep us from fulfilling our very purpose to love one another.

Ideological bias structures much of the public discourse. But we cannot allow it to structure our ecclesial conversation.

Tobias Wolff pays tribute to John L'Heureux, a literary giant and a great teacher of essential human truths.

President Trump is leveraging the failure of the pro-choice movement to acknowledge Americans’ moral qualms about abortion.

The announcement came a little more than one month after the magazine's founder and former director, Lucetta Scaraffia, resigned along with her editorial staff, claiming a lack of trust and support from the new management at the newspaper.

Father Ryscavage’s research and advocacy on behalf of refugees and migrants was recognized around the world

The notion that asylum seekers are traveling thousands of miles to exploit a so-called loophole is absurd.

The Archdiocese of New York released the names of 120 clergy April 26 who have been either credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor or been determined that claims against them are eligible for compensation.

A carefully orchestrated plan netted email hackers $1.75 million from a Diocese of Cleveland parish.

Accompaniment, not technology, might be the most caring thing we can offer those facing death.

Thannamunai, a small village some 140 miles northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, was the place where people defied the ban on Sunday Mass in the wake of the recent terror attacks in the country.

Churches and governments throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly concerned with the continued threats from Isis-inspired groups and persons, given the growing number of church bombings.