The Holy See announced today that Sister Alessandra Smerilli, an Italian nun and economist, has been appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human…
For decades, the statistics have painted a grim picture: seven out of ten young adults who regularly attended Protestant churches in high school abandon their…
In an era when 70 percent of young adults abandon church attendance upon entering college—a statistic confirmed by both a 2007 and 2017 Lifeway study—a…
The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle over 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, a figure…
In a time when the fabric of Western society seems frayed, a new conversation from the First Things interview series has stirred the spiritual waters.…
The San Francisco Archdiocese has agreed to a $395 million settlement with over 500 survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy, a figure that represents…
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, a new collection of stories has emerged from the archives of the National Catholic Reporter, recounting the…
In a solemn convergence of past and present, survivors of Japanese American internment camps and their descendants completed a pilgrimage last week to the site…
The story of America’s spiritual foundation is often told through the lens of grand cathedrals and established parishes, but a deeper, more rugged truth emerges…
In a private audience on June 25, Pope Leo XIV addressed representatives of North American Jesuit colleges and universities, offering not a mere pep talk…