A Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

The Latin Mass organizers said they wanted to show that, rather than threats to national security, they are instead “liturgy nerds” who are often apolitical.

When applied to political leaders, the language of “inevitability” and “invincibility” is profoundly dangerous. It also violates the teaching of the the Gospel that God has given us free will.

RTÉ aired two documentaries in January looking at the decline of the Catholic Church in Ireland: “The Last Priests in Ireland” and “The Last Nuns in Ireland.” But signs of hope can still be discerned amid the decline after years of church turbulence.

In continuing his catechesis on vices and virtues, Pope Francis called avarice "that form of attachment to money that keeps man from generosity."

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis invoked the extermination of Jews to remind the world that war can never be justified.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the church, by Kerry Weber

Is hell empty? Pope Francis hopes so. Among the thinkers of the past century who speculated it could be so was Hans Urs von Balthasar, a favorite of the past two popes and a prominent theologian of his time.

In just three months at the helm of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández has rapidly changed what was once the Vatican’s most formidable department.