Women’s religious congregations have a rich treasure that has remained relatively hidden from the rest of the world. Historians and genealogists are only now...
Church history
Discover U.S. Catholic articles on church history that highlight social justice, reform, and the diverse voices that have shaped Catholic tradition.
In Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship) Pope Francis calls Christians “to recognize Christ himself in each of our abandoned or excluded...
At Halloween, my big brother liked to terrify me with stories about live burial. While our parents thought we were sleeping, he told me tales of screams rising...
Rachel Swarns is a journalist, author, and associate professor of journalism at New York University. Around 1676, Ann Joice landed in the British colony of...
When Catholics gather online to discuss hot-button topics such as innovations to the liturgy, restrictions on the Latin Mass, or the church’s teaching on moral...
If you attended parochial school some decades ago, you probably had a few Marys in your class. They would include, of course, Marias, Marians, Mary Annes, Mary...
Some time in the seventh century, Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem, set down the story of Mary of Egypt, who once lived in the desert region of Judea that...
When you hear the word disciple, what do you think of? Probably the 12 apostles, maybe some of the greater crowd following Jesus in the gospels. A few readers...
In August 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 263rd bishop of Rome, taking the name Pope John Paul I. Known as a warm and compassionate man...
Slaves and Kings Directed by Pablo Moreno (Bosco Films, 2022) The Spanish-language film Slaves and Kings is subtitled “The Story of Saint Antonio María Claret...
