John Carr's vocation was as a layman working to help the church share, apply and act on the principles of Catholic social teaching. Now retired, he looks back on his 50 years of service and shares ...

In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Giorgio Napolitano, the first ...

(RNS) — Depending on what kind of media you consume and the people you talk to, it’s clear that U.S. public education has either been hijacked by wokeism, safetyism and radical individualism or else ...

This story appears in the USCCB Fall 2016 feature series. View the full series. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gives his ...

Father John Carroll’s consecration as America’s first bishop — fittingly, on the feast of the Assumption 1790 — marked the Church’s transition from infancy to adolescence in our country. More than ...

A student works on her sandwich while listening to Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago speak about schools during a luncheon at St. Genevieve School in Chicago Jan. 30, 2020. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway ...