Reflecting on the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Holy Father said people can learn from the righteous St. Joseph, who was always attentive to the will of God.

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this ye

JANUARY 27 marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Poland. Catholics remembered the holy men and women who were witnesses of faith, hope, and love in one of the darkest chapters of human history.

A watchdog group, Bishop Accountability, said it had found scores of clerics with ties to the country who have been publicly accused of sexual abuse. But very few have been disciplined.

St. Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his word and plan into action, Pope Francis said.

It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of the Church. Each element ... HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC SACRAMENTALS: The two turtle doves were the ...

This is exactly what Pope Francis has done since his election ... the Roman Curia and the Catholic Church, more broadly, remain a heavily male-dominated structure. One cannot ignore the ...

COMMENTARY: Approved on the same day as ‘Lumen Gentium’ and ‘Unitatis Redintegratio,’ ‘Orientalium Ecclesiarum’ manifests the Church’s veneration for the Eastern Catholic Churches and their ancient tradition.