"Newman was always on the hot seat, in wanted and unwanted circumstances, and he didn’t shy away from that," said Ralph C.

When bishops from Poland and Germany gather to commemorate one of Europe's most famous acts of reconciliation, discussion ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent Catholics all over the world into prolonged mourning. Known for his humility, advocacy for the poor, and efforts to reform the Catholic Church, this pope’s death ...

Only two days after his May 8 election as the vicar of Christ and successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV made the one-hour trip by car from the Vatican to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in ...

Highlights in history on this date: 48BC — Pompey the Great, a leading statesman and general of the Roman Republic, is murdered in Egypt. 1066 — William the Conqueror lands at Pevensey, Sussex, and ...

Francis and Clare. Ignatius and Xavier. Felicitas and Perpetua. Some saints we know better because of their friends. The same is true for John and Paul. Ian Leslie’s new book looks at two ...

"You know, people think that because I'm Mike Nichols, I don't need praise. I need a lot. Nobody gets that." The previous quote comes from Mark Harris’s excellent 2020 biography (review here) of - you ...

It's encouraging that at a time when Planet Earth is on the brink of destruction, our new pope has chosen peace and unity in the world and within the Church as one of the fundamental goals of his ...