Lauded in the world’s two largest religions as the mother of God’s Chosen One—for Muslims a great prophet and for Christians ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C. Rockefeller collection from Africa, the Ancient Americas and Oceania reopens with a pantheon of historic art stars.

The cumulative weight of the Gospels leans in the direction of empathy for and solidarity with whoever is most in need of ...

There are thousands of young LGBTQ Christians across the country sitting in church pews, overwhelmed by anxiety and shame.

Q: Some of my non-Catholic friends say that most of the Gospel is made up, as the earliest records show Jesus survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene, and moved away, leaving his disciples to ...

The evolution of Hell was complex—from Hebrew Sheol’s shadowy stillness to Dante’s fiery abyss, which shaped Western views of ...

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's doubtful.

Mr Cassidy wastes little ink agonising over precisely what capitalism means. Instead, he tells its story in mosaic fashion, ...

Jewish and Christian scriptures explicitly teach the faithful to care for the poor, the marginalized and the strangers, ...

Catholics should remember to build upon the growth we’ve experienced in Lent, both humanly and spiritually, throughout the ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the Latin phrase for “all out,” to ask all those present except the cardinal ...