(RNS) — When New York Gov. Al Smith, the first Catholic to be nominated by a major American party, and John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president, ran in 1928 and 1960, respectively, many Americans ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and the day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act, a panel of Catholic opinion-makers had ...

While spelling out the Catholic Church's conditions for a just war, Cardinal Robert McElroy said that the U.S. decision to go ...

Pope Francis compared popular movements to the Good Samaritan, and said that these two things reminded him of the protests which happened because of the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man ...

Last Monday we observed Labor Day. For many it marks the end of summer and a new academic year. But its historical importance should not be lost. So, while some see the day now behind us, and millions ...

Worshippers attend a mass at Xishiku Cathedral, also known as Beitang, on Christmas Eve in Beijing in this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo. Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new ...

“Catholic” means universal. So perhaps it’s a product of his faith that Sen. Joe Manchin tries to be all things to all men, bridging the gap between two increasingly divided parties. The son of a ...

The Vatican Bank, officially known as the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), launched on Tuesday two new equity benchmarks in the US and the Eurozone, which are "fully aligned with Catholic ...