A new Vatican document on Mary affirms a Scripture-based understanding of her person and her pivotal role in salvation ...

“It is superstition to think that the Virgin Mary has the role of holding back God’s wrath. Whoever thinks this way is not in ...

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on November 4 published Mater populi fidelis (“The Mother of the Faithful People” ...

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in a scene from movie "The Conjuring: Last Rites." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under ...

Twenty years after then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned of a “dictatorship of relativism” on the eve of his election as Pope Benedict XVI, his former secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, echoed that ...

Andy Dalton finished off Carolina's win against the Jets last week and is expected to start against the Bills. Jordan Bank / Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dave Canales has spent his entire NFL career ...

(RNS) — Reading the news and social media might lead you to think the only liturgical issue Catholics are concerned about is the Latin Mass. But there is another language problem in the Catholic ...

(OSV News) — “He is the one Englishman of that era who upheld the ancient creed with a knowledge that only theologians possess, a Shakespearean force of style, and a fervor worthy of the saints.” This ...

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. The Vatican announced July ...

When someone does something nice, you should thank them. When someone does something courageous, you should praise them. When someone does something historic, you should remember it. That's why I want ...

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany addresses the faithful as the new pope in this frame from TV, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 19 2005. Bells chimed at St. Peter's Basilica Tuesday evening, ...

Several years ago, Catholic traditionalists sharply criticized Pope Francis for reversing a decree that his Bavarian predecessor, Benedict XVI, issued in 2007 to permit unrestricted use of the ...