Next week, PBS releases a new documentary of the Vatican offering tantalizing peeks into spaces no tourist can access and revealing the everyday work life for...
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From Netflix’s The Crown to HBO’s Chernobyl, historical dramas are all the rage. While learning some history is part of the draw, most viewers accept that...
Like everyone else in my family, I grew up playing soccer; I went to my siblings’ soccer games and was a goalkeeper in the YMCA youth team that my father...
Pope Francis took major steps to offer some practical and spiritual sustenance to the idea of “integral development” that he promoted in his encyclical Laudato...
In many ways, the story of the church starts with Peter. With the words, “And I tell you, Peter, that on this rock I will build my church,” Jesus appoints...
2014 was, in many ways, a depressing year. From the rise of ISIS to the spread of Ebola, stories of violence, tragedy, and fear dominated headlines. In the U.S...
What do a time-traveling alien and the influential church council have in common? More than you might think. Fifty years ago, under the loving guidance of Pope...
To the millennial generation, the new pontiff’s actions are speaking just as loud as his words. “I’m so excited about Frank. He’s great,” says Katy Caldwell...
Claretian Father Gustavo Larrazábal, an old friend of Pope Francis, talks about the pope’s past in Argentina and what it means for the future of the...
Pope Benedict XVI will leave behind an enduring legacy—and some big challenges for his successor. A great grace of my life was to study theology in Rome during...