The Church stands at a cultural crossroads. The next pope must lead with courage and clarity — and entrust his mission to ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, then president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a "Renewal of the ...

Pope Francis’ complete name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was born in 1936. He served as Pope for 12 years, from March 13, ...

Nadia Gavarret, Spanish translation manager for Church News, reflects on the faith, loyalty and hope of the women who stood ...

Jesus then sternly speaks and asks for the stone to be removed to which the reply was Lord he surely stinks by now. Jesus commanded the stone be rolled away and then calls out Lazarus come out. Death ...

A San Francisco drag queen group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a self-professed “order of queer and trans nuns,” is sparking controversy in the days leading up to their annual ...

One of those particular facts is when Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with spikenard. In context, we can understand the general idea--that spikenard is some type of perfume. But looking closer into what ...

An ancient depiction of a naked woman hung on the wall of my father’s study. Skeletal, stupefied, and wildly bedheaded, she contemplated distances across time and space, as saints and mystics do.

A woman prays kneeling before the Stone of Anointing at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The stone commemorates the preparation of Jesus’ body with oils and balms ...