Presidential elections, international environmental conferences, and weather-related disasters are just a few of the major ...

The life of the church in 2024 was defined as much by what did not happen, as by what did. The most important thing that did ...

NCR's 10 most-read news stories of 2024 include priests excommunicated for questioning the authority of Pope Francis, a ...

Does your congregation have any special or unusual Advent or Christmas customs? Are there any that are characteristic of your country/culture?

The Holy Family, though made up of saints and God incarnate, faced real challenges and offers a model for navigating the ...

The films of 2024 have reminded us that, quite frankly, we all pray — whether or not we fold our hands, even if we may never ...

When the liturgy does not have the courage to confront ugly yet natural human impulses, art can provide a cultural space for ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is one of our nation's most beloved seasonal traditions. Experts weigh in on what it took for ...

A majority of Hispanic Catholics voted for Kamala Harris in the November election, but Latinos are part of the story of how a ...

Given the importance the Catholic electorate has played in the discussion of the outcome of the 2024 national election, the ...

Michael Sean Winters looks back on a year when it was tempting to write about unfolding events in politics as if it were the ...

Pope Francis on Dec. 24 officially launched the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year, encouraging Christians to use the milestone ...