IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy www.stillenacht.com By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve -- Dec. 24, 1818 -- in a little church in what is now Austria, the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While St. Joseph was a practical, down-to-earth man, he had enough faith to be open to God speaking through dreams, Pope Francis...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Oscar Durand By Oscar Durand LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- Elide Pena, 55, grins when she talks about her favorite Christmas memory: the time when she fell under Santa's sleigh attempting to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In today's climate of mistrust, rejection and nationalism, the world urgently needs peacemakers and politicians who protect...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It has been 25 years and counting, but Father Michael Shields doesn't have any plans to leave the mission of the Archdiocese of...
By Edward Pentin | One of the most contentious and fraught issues of 2018 for the Church was a decision by Germany’s bishops to allow Holy Communion for Protestant spouses under certain conditions...
By Susanna Spencer | It was usually the last Sunday of Advent, and sometimes even Christmas Eve, that my parents would put up the tree. The familiar crackling sound of the antique record player and...
By Matt D'Antuono | It was my senior year of college, and I had room for one elective. As a dedicated Bible Christian, I had a strong desire to learn the original languages of the Scriptures, and I...
By Ed Condon/Catholic News Agency | WASHINGTON — Following the conviction of Cardinal George Pell in the Australian state of Victoria last week, new details have emerged about the...
By Catholic News Agency | San Diego, Calif. — A California priest was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a seminarian. After his conviction, Father Juan Garcia Castillo will be...