Catholic News Service

Christians should prepare for Jesus' birth by serving those in need rather than focusing on what awaits them under the Christmas tree, Pope Francis said.

As an author and lecturer, Father Donald B. Cozzens, a Cleveland diocesan priest and former seminary rector, shared candid insights on the priesthood, challenging the Catholic Church to confront clericalism and renew its structure.

A tractor-trailer carrying more than 150 migrants crashed in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, claiming at least 53 lives and leaving dozens more injured.

 The Supreme Court said that clinics can continue to challenge a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy but in the meantime the law would remain in effect.

The International Organization for Migration, through the Missing Migrants Project, is hoping to shed some light on the plight of families looking for their loved ones as well the magnitude of migrant deaths.

Catholics must contribute to helping protect the rights of the defenseless, weak and rejected, Pope Francis said.

The representation of Peru's diverse Indigenous communities in this year's Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square embodies the joy and hope of their faith.

 The Supreme Court's last case of the year looked at when death-row inmates can raise claims that they were given ineffective counsel.

More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick's Cathedral to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day

A majority of the Supreme Court justices viewed a Maine school choice program that excludes religious schools as discriminatory.

Advocates for Haitians in and outside of the troubled nation are asking for immigration relief for those fleeing deteriorating situations in Haiti.

Days ahead of a major Marian feast day in the Catholic Church, a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima was vandalized.

Flooding compounds hardships caused by conflict, hunger and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awarding of contracts worth $3.2 million, for legal and communications assistance, reportedly did not follow procedures required by canon law.

The best way to overcome indifference to the suffering of migrants and refugees is to look in their faces, Pope Francis said.

Encounter long sought by First Nations is put off again because of concerns about new COVID-19 variant.

Volha Zalatar denies charges of extremism. Her lawyer and rights groups say she is a political prison and has been tortured.

'Remain in Mexico' policy forces asylum seekers to wait in dangerous border cities while U.S. courts hear their cases.

Catholics in Singapore are marking the close of yearlong celebrations of the 200th anniversary of church's presence in the city state.