It offers a rare glimpse into this ancient ritual, which is a process of prayer, discussion, spiritual reflection and divine ...

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

BBC Two and iPlayer have commissioned a documentary that spills the secrets of the conclave. The hour-long documentary delves into the ancient ritual - a private, secret meeting of the College of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica May 8, 2025, began with the same sentence every Catholic hears at Mass each Sunday: “Peace be with [all of] you!” Ordinary.

Catholicism remains one of the most influential global forces in contemporary society, shaping political discourse, cultural identity, public ethics and interreligious engagement across continents.

The scandal of the religious-run Magdalene laundries, where young women deemed to have offended the moral code of the ...

My column on Wednesday cast a cold eye on the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate. But this is the Lenten season, and as a longtime critic of the present pontiff, it wouldn’t be particularly ...

In a three-part documentary on BYUtv, meet people behind the welfare farms, welfare processing and distribution centers, and the for-profit AgReserves.

It also amounted to a political conversion. Catholicism provided him a new way of looking at the addictions, family breakdowns and other social ills he described in his 2016 bestselling memoir, ...