Sisters all over the world share how Advent offers hope and needed silence after a year rife with uncertainty that follows war, violence and division.

Maureen O'Brien didn't expect Fra Angelico's "Visitation" to lead to her acceptance of her mother's dementia. But in an intimate mother-daughter moment, the painting gave her strength and peace when she needed it most.

There is no issue in American political life that is not leavened by an encounter with Catholic social teaching. The ability of Catholic thinkers to help the Democrats, however, is even more foundational.

Environmental Christmas crèches are part of a growing trend among Catholic parishes in Vietnam, as a way to echo teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."

The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African Americans currently up for consideration as saints.

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“The Spirit of Catholicism” by Father Vivian Boland, OP. Bloomsbury Continuum (New York, 2022). 272...