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George Cardinal Pell: Pax Invictis, by journalist Tess Livingstone, delves into the remarkable highs and harrowing lows of Pell's life, from his upbringing outside of Melbourne to his growing faith and intellectual curiosity that would earn him the role of archbishop of Melbourne.

Vice President JD Vance has done what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have been incapable of doing: He has made their position on migrants and refugees national news.

Praying for the president does not mean that you endorse everything he says and does. Prayer means that you are asking God to direct him to paths of justice and peace, to give him the wisdom necessary to do his job.

In this area’s matrilineal culture, women have taken on new responsibilities in Catholic churches in the region, acting as catechists, leading parish councils and shaping pastoral life as spiritual counselors.

 "The people who are in danger are the people who fear for their lives and their livelihoods," Budde said in an interview. "That’s where the focus should be."

President Donald Trump attended the inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral Tuesday morning (Jan. 21), finishing off the festivities marking the beginning of his second term with an interfaith service filled with prayers and hymns — and a sermon that offered a religious challenge to his administration’s stated goals.

A few hours after his second inauguration address on Monday, Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Denali to Mount McKinley.

Turning 80, as I do this month, I can no longer kid myself that death is a distant reality. While the temptation is to look back on regrets in my life, I am forcing myself to reflect on what I should be thankful for.

Over two decades, Catholic dioceses, eparchies and men’s religious communities spent more than $5 billion on allegations of sexual abuse of minors, according to a new report released Wednesday (Jan. 15) by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

On Monday, the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, and the multifaith community organizing group Faith in Action held a day of prayer and dialogue with immigrant families at St. Lucy’s Catholic Church.

The Los Angeles fire is the kind of crisis that also is an opportunity to do something dramatic.

"In the formative process, when referring to homosexual tendencies, it’s also appropriate not to reduce discernment only to this aspect, but, as for every candidate, to grasp its meaning in the global framework of the young person’s personality," the document reads, adding that the goal is for the candidate to know himself and find harmony between his human and priestly vocation.

It is hard to believe Jesus would execute anyone. Jesus' message was one of compassion and mercy, even as he hung on the cross.

When we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue, says the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yakima in Washington state.

After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its original place on the manger of the Palestinian-made Nativity scene in the Paul VI Hall.

Protecting parishioners from deportation has become a theme in the ministry of several Catholic leaders at the border.

One can only wonder if Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has thought through the implications of not following the provisions of canon law that allow women and girls to assist at the altar, to be near the sacred.

This was the year Francis tried to hold the tension between progressives and conservatives in the church.

According to Sister Norma Pimentel, she and Bishop Daniel Flores share an emphasis on a pastoral approach.

Trump’s top-level nominees for his second administration include pastors, Catholic converts and one who owes his spiritual rebirth to a book by a Swiss psychiatrist.