Michael O’Brien: For famous writer/monk Thomas Merton, Utah meant fascination, frustration and friendship The famous Catholic theologian never set foot in the LDS-dominated state, but he wrote ...

In 2003, one of the 20th century's most famous Catholic writers reviewed a blockbuster novel that later became a blockbuster movie, The Da Vinci Code. The writer of that book review for NCR was Fr ...

In 2003, one of the 20th century's most famous Catholic writers reviewed a blockbuster novel that later became a blockbuster movie, The Da Vinci Code. The writer of that book review for NCR was Fr ...

As tributes are paid across the globe to the late Pope Francis I, famous Catholics have been reflecting on their own interactions and the spiritual leader's legacy. Pope Francis was seen by parts ...

Vitorrio Messori, the most popular Italian Catholic writer has slammed so-called “adult” Catholics who want to minimize the role of the Virgin Mary, just days before the presentation of his ...

3. Really Dumb Death: Thomas Merton Thomas Merton was a Catholic writer and Trappist monk. His most known work was the semi-autobiographical book The Seven Storey Mountain, which was a best seller.

If Roselle Catholic was going to break Gill St. Bernard’s heart once again in the state tournament, it would have to find some way to break Denver Anglin’s remarkable rhythm. Or at least ...

British-educated Texas writer Jim Bernhard gives a respectful nod to the understandable fascination most of us have with death in "Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died" (Skyhorse Publishing ...

Jan. 24 marks the feast of St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers and Christian unity whose role as a priest and bishop helped bring thousands of Protestants back to the Catholic Church.

Catholics must write for the wider world; the “very effort to universalize the expression, to keep from using too domestic Catholic vocabulary, helps a Catholic writer to be more profoundly ...

McGill-Toolen Catholic High School is exhibiting the written works of its published alumni in the school's library.