Pope Francis finds himself defending democracy against Vance's style of American Catholicism — a novel role for an absolute ...

Fresh energy around old solutions to homelessness and other struggles will be needed as cuts to the safety net loom.

With the rise of Eastern Europe’s far right and the war in Ukraine, public approval of nuclear nonproliferation has suffered, ...

Oh, I’m a communist,” said the 18-year-old, a little sheepishly. This young man was wearing a button with a symbol I didn’t ...

Sue Turner is among an estimated 200,000 women who gave birth in homes for unmarried mothers and were pressured to put their ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

Top Russian diplomats met with U.S. officials Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the ...

During the time that Archbishop Cabrejos led the bishop's conference, the Peruvian-based Catholic movement, Sodalitium ...

The Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that places him atop the nation’s premier federal law ...

"The word 'obedient' really belongs to that old-school parenting mindset—the whole 'children should be seen and not heard' ...

Western New York hospitals are tackling the health care worker exodus head-on ... of people to address staffing shortages. How? Catholic Health, for one example, launched a nurse residency ...