News & Commentary
Saints’ lives prove God’s love for all, pope says at canonization Mass
The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God's love, Pope Francis said.
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Report identifies abuses of Native American children in boarding schools
Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said.
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Titus Brandsma, Dutch priest, proposed as patron saint of journalists
Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis will proclaim as the Catholic Church’s newest saints is a Dutch priest and journalist who stood his ground against Nazi ideology and paid for it with his life.
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Pope to grandparents, elderly: We must lead revolution of tenderness
Pope Francis said he is convinced God is calling his peers—older Catholics—to become "artisans of the revolution of tenderness."
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Russia’s war meant to eliminate Ukrainian people, archbishop says
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said Russia's reasons for attacking Ukraine are nothing more than an excuse to justify its ultimate goal of wiping out the country and its people.
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Academics consider fallout, motivations from Roe decision leak
The May 2 leaked draft of an opinion in the upcoming Supreme Court’s abortion decision demonstrates the use of normal partisan fighting tactics seen in the other branches of government on a regular basis.
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Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead—a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.