It was quite fitting for a Catholic actor and a Christian director of a new streaming series on the life of Jesus to meet Pope Francis on the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, patron saint of televisions and screens.
Molly Seidel, the most decorated runner in the University of Notre Dame's history, became just the third American woman to medal in the Olympic Marathon when she took bronze in the women's event in Tokyo Aug. 6.
A U.S. District Court judge's Aug. 9 ruling to block the Biden administration's mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures despite their own moral or medical objections is "a victory for common sense, conscience and sound medicine."
When it became clear that Balma wouldn’t be able to return to Italy in the midst of the pandemic, those stored supplies in Minneapolis proved providential. He had what he needed to get started here, however unconventionally: He had to make a fresco that could travel.
Two fully vaccinated Jesuit university presidents who recently tested positive for COVID-19 have spoken out about their experience as an urgent reminder of the need to get vaccinated.
A U.S. bishop charged with addressing immigration issues has raised objections to a July 26 announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that it would begin "expedited removal" proceedings, or fast-tracking deportations, of some immigrant families who entered the U.S. illegally and do not qualify for asylum.