Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity.

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a separate deal with ...

The Academy for Spiritual Formation, a ministry of The Upper Room, is dedicated to supporting the spiritual life of Christians seeking to know and experience God more fully. Programs like the Two-Year ...

It has come as a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a newlywed couple, with three young children between them, after a new internal bank regulation went into effect barring ...

Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has sought answers to life’s greatest mysteries—Who are we? Where did we come from? What is our purpose? Among the many spiritual traditions that have guided ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India ’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual ...

Fourteen members of a small religious sect in Australia have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 8-year-old girl, who ...

It’s called curriculum. Curriculum is knowledge structured as narrative over time. In other words, the significance of this moment will land with Year 3, not just because it’s a splendid story, but ...

A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the ...

On January 30th, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

A soup and sandwich lunch will be held Feb. 1 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Boyce Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, 7 S. Greenway Ave., Boyce. A freewill offering will benefit the Community Outreach Fund of ...

A federal appeals court case about displaying the Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools is poised to become the next ...