“The importance of Ut unum sint is that it builds on the Second Vatican Council’s decree on ecumenism, Unitatis redintegratio ...

The modern tradition of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) — the toolbox of principles the Church calls us to draw upon to build ...

Jean-Arnault Dérens, historian and editor-in-chief of Le Courrier des Balkans, has just published Geopolitics of Orthodoxy: ...

In a world that pits humans against the environment, how can the Church point the way forward? The great gift of “Laudato Si'” was to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching to the problem of ...

Going back several fights, Mike Tyson had developed alopecia, a condition that manifested itself with a bald spot on the ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... years some of these churches came back into union. These churches after they returned ...

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Most events in life require preparation. When you go on a trip, you get to the airport early so you can get through security. When you go to a concert or sporting event, you arrive early to find your ...

But within the families of kings and queens, royals who married their relatives were not unusual, even as recently as the ...

The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys is an influential painting that has many theories surrounding its intention and meaning.

She is called "Mother of God" which translates the more accurately stated greek term "Theotokos" or ... Although never explicated in detail, the Catholic Church holds as dogma that Mary was ...

To become a Catholic priest, one must fulfill some requirements Priesthood is a calling. Becoming one, therefore, is not for ...