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For centuries, Catholicism was so deeply woven into Latin American identity that the two sometimes seemed inseparable.

The Diocese of Des Moines has seen a 51% rise in converts compared to last year. Here are some of the reasons one Iowa expert ...

The killing of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, is a sobering inflection point in America's descent into political violence. Whether or not one agreed with Kirk's politics, his death diminishes us all. At ...

Catholics love a good conversion story. Since the early days of Christianity, we have cherished the tales of saints, scholars and artists who entered the Catholic church as an act of radical departure ...

“Catholicism’s roots in the United States run deep,” Pew stated in a new report titled “U.S. Catholicism: Connections to the Religion, Beliefs and Practices.” Pew reported that 47% of U.S. adults have ...

Today’s announcement of the resignations of two French bishops suffering from episcopal burnout, and the impending release of a potentially devastating report about sexual abuse allegations at ...

Many people believe that the Philippines is the most Catholic country of Asia. But this has not been the case since the 1990s; Timor-Leste now has a higher percentage of Catholics. How do we explain ...

In this essay from Fr. Michael J. Himes (1947-2022), he reveals his “hope that these words will instill within you a conviction that Catholicism is alive through your life.” Fr. Himes reflects on our ...

THE African Catholics who welcomed Pope Paul to their continent last week are among the newest and the oldest Christians in the world. In Egypt, Alexandria had a colony of Christians at the time of ...

In medieval and Renaissance frescoes depicting the cardinal virtues, artists regularly portray prudence with a Janus face: a youthful face facing the future and an elderly one gazing backward into the ...