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The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life defended the COVID-19 vaccine and called out those who spread “malinformation” to discredit the vaccine as peddling “pure nonsense.”

Community is more than gathering; it is more than numbers. Community is about belonging to self and other, a kind of democratized space and place that creates conditions for radical flourishing.

The Catholic Diocese of Discord — where they "discuss theology, troll Protestants, play Minecraft, and pray the rosary" — may be the only U.S. Catholic community that has attracted most of its members through internet memes.

As a pandemic continues to beset the world, the economy blindsides us, and our cultural and political polarization worsens, we need someone like Cohen to help us answer: How did we get here?

A lay Catholic group in Baltimore is pushing the pope to canonize six Black candidates. They also seek to change the canonization process to recognize the hardships African Americans have endured.

As a Christian, how could I justify taking a shot from someone who needs it more? Three things convinced me that I had to get the booster.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is suing the Los Angeles Unified School District, arguing that legal action is necessary to force the district to take the appropriate steps to restore federal funding for low-income and disadvantaged students who attend Catholic schools.

Rashad Hussain has been confirmed as the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, making him the first Muslim American in the role.

A second painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is widely thought to be depicted as George Floyd, has been stolen from the walls of the Catholic University of America’s law school.

Phyllis Zagano: Christians soon will welcome a newborn child to the world. But in 2,000 years, the story of the Christ child has taught us nothing.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: The U.S. Supreme Court seems to be more and more sympathetic to government funding of education at religiously affiliated schools. 

Commentary: The sheer numbers suggest that social media falsehoods are shared by well-meaning people. Most of those who spread misinformation likely believe they are being righteous. Why do bad retweets come from good people?

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: People in counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020 are dying at much higher rates from COVID-19 than people who live in counties that voted for Joe Biden, according to a study.

It’s important for Catholics to be cautious, but not afraid, as they prepare to honor the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe a year after COVID-19 shut down the annual pilgrimage.

Phyllis Zagano: The U.S. bishops' conference focus is on what they can do. The pope's focus is on what the people can do. 

Black artists have long shouldered the prophetic burden to tell the truth about a society that refuses to confess its sins against Black bodies.

Parents are calling attention to whitewashed illustrations, almost exclusively male characters and an emphasis on memorizing morals over engaging with the divine in many existing children's story Bibles.

Advent is the church's way of preparing for both Christ's birthday and the Second Coming of Christ. 

The Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III has posted a memo on the patriarchate website that appears to overturn a 45-year-old agreement with Western Christian churches.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: America sacramentalizes guns. They are God’s gift to the good and just to protect our way of life. This is heresy.