Catholics who support Trump say that to vote Democratic would be anathema to their faith and their conservative principles. With a majority of Catholics now trending toward Trump, will the Catholic vote still matter?
The disgraced former papal nuncio to the United States, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, alleges that he has been charged with schism by the Vatican's doctrinal office, charges he describes as an "honor."
The well-funded Catholics for Catholics group said the "Holy Masses for President Trump Campaign" aims to have 2,024 Masses said between Trump's birthday, June 14, and Election Day, Nov. 5.
Pope Francis has replaced Bishop Paul J. Bradley as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, with Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Steubenville Diocese announced June 14.
The model put forth by members of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States should lead the church to become an ever larger tent — a church that welcomes, promotes and integrates everyone.
Joryán Hernández, arrested during a May 2 protest at Notre Dame, urges the university to disclose whether its investments support the killing of nearly 38,000 people in Gaza.
Pope Francis blessed an ambulance filled with medicine and first-aid equipment that will travel some 1,800 miles from the Vatican to support those wounded in Ukraine.
Mental health, discrimination against minorities, including LGBTQ+ people, and a desire to be included more in church life were some of the concerns young college students shared with Pope Francis on a Zoom conference call.
"To pray with creation also means to pray with our bodies — temples of the Holy Spirit, created in the image of God as both corporeal and spiritual," writes Christina Leaño.
The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded decades ago and nicknamed "Happy City," meant to be a Christian utopia that would be sinless and classless. But now its remaining residents can do little against the rising sea.
"Accompanying the Indigenous people and listening to their dreams has been a reaffirmation of my vocation," says Sr. Zully Rojas Quispe, provincial of the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary in Peru.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, one of the most immediately and irrevocably impacted locations was a beloved Ukrainian zoo located close to the Russian border.
Jerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, whose latest project focuses on Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frances Xavier Cabrini, see their own Catholic faith as a part of their mission as filmmakers.
"La Llamada," the pop-infused musical making its U.S. debut at Repertorio Español this season in New York, is a reminder that "music, like faith, creates community — and where there is community, there is God."
Carl Siciliano is an inspiration, but his book Making Room is not a fairytale where the knight in shining armor rides in to vanquish what threatens the village. As Carl learns, the hero of this story is the community.
"My superiors were skeptical when I expressed my desire to study journalism, an unconventional choice within the convent walls," writes Sr. Adelaide Ndilu. "The fulfillment of my dream was worth the wait."
Locals took refuge in sister-run schools after severe storms in May and April destroyed their homes, with sisters offering food and support in the aftermath.
"Accompanying the Indigenous people and listening to their dreams has been a reaffirmation of my vocation," says Sr. Zully Rojas Quispe, provincial of the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary in Peru.
