Cultural anthropologists tell us that one of the characteristics of our postmodern age is a disregard for history. Catholicism itself, however, exists in a tradition that recognizes doctrinal ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke about Sacred Scripture during his weekly audience with pilgrims in the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV speaks during the general audience in the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 11, 2026. (photo: Daniel ...

Visitors are pictured in a file photo looking at a Caravaggio painting titled “St. Jerome Writing” during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Pope Francis released “Scripturae Sacrae ...

Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists (and not a few Catholics, for that matter), Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible (provided, of course, they read ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...

Longtime prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship invites Catholics to rediscover the true meaning of worship — not in aesthetic preference, but in Christ Himself SAN FRANCISCO — ...

In a Nation essay this year about the wave of successful books vaunting atheism, critic Daniel Lazare wrote the following: For a long time, religion had been doing quite nicely as a kind of minor ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the incident served as a reminder of the enduring historical and cultural value ...

Visitors are pictured in a file photo looking at a Caravaggio painting titled "St. Jerome Writing" during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Pope Francis released an apostolic letter on ...