The percentage of Catholics in the world has remained steady, while the number of priests has decreased for the first time in almost a decade.

If all the church’s worship should be thought of as a journey, Lent involves achieving platinum frequent flyer status.

With the beginning of Lent, we are all called to focus on one of the spiritual aspects of the sex abuse crisis that underpins all the others: namely, the tragic failure to see.

Life does not have to be this way. You don’t have to be this way. You can begin again. All that you require has been here all along. You need only return to the mystery of your own baptism.

Reflections on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving

Lent is the moment — or 40 days of moments — for us to turn away from our constant and public self-curating and turn towards God.

Even the holiest people are complicit in social sin; we benefit from injustices that we do not control. Yet we still have the freedom to seek God’s grace.

Survivors of abuse and their advocacy organizations had expressed frustration with the lack of specific recommendations at the conclusion of the Vatican summit.

Fasting always sounds like a brilliant idea before the consequences hit home. Having lost some control over my bowel movements, I felt vulnerable and fragile. I was afraid. Was it really worth it? Would I make it the full 40 days?

The practice of remembering death may sound grim, but not so long ago, it was considered an essential part of the Christian tradition.

The Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019 will be celebrated Sept. 29

As political unrest increases in Venezuela, hundreds of soldiers and police officers are deserting and seeking shelter in neighboring Colombia.

Thomas J. Rodi asked for prayers for "those who lost their lives and their loved ones as well as those who have lost homes and businesses."

Above all, Mr. Trump’s action is dangerous because it is based on fear.

On a snowy Saturday in Flatbush, the snowy-haired independent senator from Vermont kicked off his second bid for president.

"I invite you to live your faith with great freedom, never believing that there exists only one form of political commitment for Catholics, a Catholic party."

Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, has been strongly attacked for not speaking out publicly against the Holocaust but defended by some for the vast hidden work he did to help many victims of the Nazis, fascists and communists.

An interview with Duncan G. Stroik, architect, author and professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame.

The Department of Homeland Security has filed notice that it is extending Temporary Protection Status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020.

Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one's own faults and defects.