Animated by a spirit of service, mission and joy, the Catholic Church must be welcoming toward everyone, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He ...

Whatever the outcome of America's Nov. 5 presidential election, migrant and refugee advocates are predicting a challenging ...

Following the death of an American woman in a so-called suicide capsule in Switzerland and the arrest of several people ...

Cleveland diners will be able to taste and see saint-inspired dishes while sipping Trappist-brewed beer in a restaurant that ...

Practically speaking, what are we to do? The first is to ask God for a pure heart. To be pure is to be made of only one thing ...

In one of her strongest statements on restoring a national right to abortion as it existed under the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973, Vice President Kamala Harris has said she would support ...

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is "disappointed" that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al ...

In a summer of firsts, mountain-climbing Benedictine monks of Mount Angel Abbey took to the heights -- their locally brewed ...

What could draw thousands of people to a remote town of about 1,500 in northwestern Missouri over Memorial Day weekend last ...

The example of Blessed Carlo Acutis -- an Italian boy who is expected to become the "first millennial saint" -- reveals how a ...

A Catholic priest who had gameshow fans "swooning," according to one entertainment reporter, told OSV News he hoped his ...