If you could have any superpower, what would it be? I have always been partial to flying. On Christmas of my kindergarten year, I received a Superman costume. I had eyed it for months in the Sears ...

I felt two things when Stephen Colbert announced last Thursday that in nine months, CBS would be ending his top-rated “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” I felt uncomfortable. And I felt old.

After four decades in education, both secular and Catholic, I have witnessed teaching models come and go. The moment before us, however, is not a passing phase; it is a threshold.

Trauma-informed spirituality knows better than to promise that prayer will take away all the pain. But it can offer the hope that, even in the midst of pain, there can be moments of feeling whole.

In a July 17 telegram, Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.” ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.

The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J., is a podcast that focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives.

Pope Leo XIV named the French archbishop Thibault Verny as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. He succeeds Cardinal Seán O’Malley, 81, the emeritus ...

July 6, 2025, the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gently but firmly correcting their perception of “success,” Jesus invites them to remember what is truly important.

The Vatican has named the judges that will preside over the trial of disgraced Father Marko Rupnik.

It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the ...