Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, also declaring the saint co-patron with St. Thomas Aquinas of the church’s educational mission.

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Nwman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint's famous hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and holding him up as a model for educators.

The Camino, I came to realize, was more than a hike. It was a container for grief, for the notes, the photos, the names ...

Natalia Molina is a MacArthur fellow and the author of ‘A Place at the Nayarit,’ a James Beard Award finalist. She is a distinguished professor at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences ...

The masterwork of architect Antoni Gaudí now rises to 534 feet above the city, the church said in a statement. That barely ...

The most Catholic TV show of 2025 is a gritty crime drama set outside of Philadelphia. HBO’s “Task,” which recently concluded its seven-episode run, was a ...

In ”The Night of the Hunter,” the world is frightening and it’s often the most innocent who suffer. But grace persists.

But if you have to receive a blessing to see a film, is it really a good idea for Catholics to watch it? When moviegoers ...

Dorothy Day once told me, “When they call you a saint it means that you are not to be taken seriously.” Yet she took saints ...

We learn that “in front of” Jesus, there was a man suffering from dropsy (today called “edema”). We are not told if he is one ...

I often find myself not only being with Francis in prayer but asking things of him. It is important to question why I do that and why so many others do the same with their deceased loved ones.