Like so much of the gospels, Jesus’s encounter with a blind beggar this Sunday boils down to one simple question: “What do you want me to do for you?” If we met Jesus along the road, would we be able ...

On his return to Rome from Southeast Asia, Pope Francis was asked about whom he would vote for in the U.S. election. First, the Holy Father said he does not vote in U.S. elections, and then said, ...

Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone ...

The White House on Oct. 21 proposed a new regulation under the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, that ...

(OSV News) -- Each year, churches around the world commemorate World Mission Sunday to highlight, encourage and promote the Catholic Church’s missions around the world. The day, which was instituted ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The listening that has been part of the Synod of Bishops changes people, can change the Catholic Church and can change the world for the better, four synod members told U.S.

In a year characterized by disruption and division at the national and local levels, the normally formulaic annual dinner of ...

In just 45 minutes, Archbishop Richard G. Henning presented salvation history according to sacred Scripture in an engaging ...

On Sept. 22, a group of parishioners gathered in a conference room at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland to talk about politics. It is no secret that conversations about politics, ...

NEW YORK (OSV News) – A serious, even lugubrious, tone and a top-flight cast add heft to the ecclesiastical melodrama “Conclave” (Focus). Yet the film is fundamentally a power-struggle potboiler kept ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the current election cycle will take time away from ...