As the world’s most exclusive club prepares to elect the new pope, they face an immediate test of just how seriously they will take the issue of clerical sexual abuse in the case of a Peruvian...
As cardinals meet in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a Peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ministry was restricted by Pope Francis has joined public events with his...
After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and the Church ahead of electing his successor, the world’s cardinals...
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Unknown, “St. Pius V and the Miracle of the Crucifix” (Detail), 18th Century
This reforming pope, renowned for his sanctity, helped solidify the...
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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne in Germany
The 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis lasted just two days, making it one...
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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, delivers the homily during the fourth day of Novendiales Masses for Pope...
When people talk about Blessed Carlo Acutis today, it’s often with headlines about sneakers and memes about a modern saint who played video games and built websites. But those who truly knew him...
I’ve always wondered why in the world God wants us to worship Him. It never quite made sense to me that a loving God would possess an ego so big that He’d ask His kids to fall down at his feet. But...
When our son Nathan was in the second year at his Lutheran preschool, my wife and I decided that the large classes and busy hallways of public schools weren’t right for him. Nathan was the quiet kid.