As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit France this September, the heavily secularized nation is experiencing a surprising and unprecedented surge in adult baptisms.
The lighthearted mutual fandom between Pope Leo XIV and the White Sox is a joyful reminder of why sports are so important.
While many people are talking about defunding the humanities and getting away from liberal arts education, this college course is charting a different way forward.
The Greeks called it kalokagathia — beauty and goodness as a single ideal. John Paul II called it self-mastery. Both were describing the same human truth.
Among the many stories emerging about Dolly Parton, one small habit shows just how easily kindness can travel.
"I make a heartfelt appeal to all those in positions of authority to take concrete steps in order to ensure the safety of the population and put an end to all forms of violence."
Norway's King Harald V died this week at age 89. He was the last reigning European monarch to have lived through World War II; he and his mother fled to the United States when the Nazis arrived.
How can parents help kids learn to love reading while encouraging great books that build character? Here are five ideas.
The big goodbye is the part you prepare for. It's the tiny moments that follow that nobody quite warns you about.
A private school in Oklahoma made the national news with this silly, slightly humiliating, plain wonderful right of passage.
The new backpack is barely unpacked and already things are going wrong. Before you panic, here's what might help.
Extreme even by pro-choice standards, the legalization of abortion up to birth in Massachusetts is being called a "severe human rights abuse."
He shouldn't really work as a TV hero: relentlessly cheerful, terribly earnest, and armed with awful jokes. Yet somehow, Ted Lasso does.
In my imagination, Juliet was waiting on the balcony of her apartment, peering into the darkness, wondering when I would call.
A Catholic law firm has filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over a controversial new bill to legalize assisted suicide.
The White Sox honored their most famous fan with a lighthearted and fun “pope night” at Rate Field on August 11. Here's an inside look.
As Haitians in the U.S. face deportation, Catholic bishops meet with senators and write letters asking lawmakers to protect TPS status.
