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Young people raised in the Church, many of them once passionate believers, are now publicly questioning or walking away from ...

Third Baptist Church in San Francisco honored civil rights legend Rev. Dr. Amos Brown with pastor emeritus status after 49 ...

Celebrating the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Archbishop Bernard Hebda noted in his homily June 22 ...

So, let us be clear: Asthma is a disease that affects the whole body, but it begins in certain organs. Everyone suffers, but not all parts are equally to blame. In the body, asthma involves the lungs ...

When the Church approaches contemplative prayer, she is led to give multiple and different definitions in her attempt to ...

The Holy See has invited nations to ratify the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention, upholding the link between development ...

Reverend Father Raguel Quansah, former Assistant Priest, St Kizito Catholic Church, Nima, has urged Catholics to take the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist seriously for spiritual strength and ...

Every Sunday, in churches across the country, worshippers stand to affirm that they believe in “one God, the Father, the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s Kingdom” as he presided ...

Dr. Seth Wright, the director of Missionary Discipleship in the Diocese of Pueblo, writes about the importance of friendly conversation.