The Vatican has published new norms for the church to discern alleged supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions and mystical visions, which streamline the discernment process for bishops, allow the Vatican to avoid making definitive judgments on the authenticity of the events and reaffirm that Catholics are not obliged to believe in the purported phenomena.

Back in the early 1960s, French author Pierre Boulle published a novel about a world in which civilized simians dominated degenerate humans. When his book was brought to the big screen in 1968's "Planet of the Apes," starring Charlton Heston, the film was sufficiently successful to give rise, over the decades, to numerous sequels.

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost.

Most of the pro-life activists sentenced to federal prison terms in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May 14 and 15 along with Lauren Handy are Catholics with years in the "rescue movement" and other arrests.

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion a constitutional right, a majority of Americans said they support legal abortion in all or most cases, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

Pope Francis supports the steps taken by California to halt the use of the death penalty, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

One in five Americans struggle from a mental illness, said Rebecca Brubaker, a mom of seven and a parishioner of Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville, with a sense of urgency in her voice.

John 15 states, “If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”

Over the past month and a half, the “Practicing Catholic” radio show has interviewed each of the 13 men from the archdiocese who will be ordained on May 25.

May 15, Gov. Tim Walz signed into state law legislation that, in part, adds a new religious exemption to the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).

John Krasinski wrote, directed and plays a prominent role in the generally wholesome fantasy "IF" (Paramount). Yet, while the good intentions behind his film are evident, it ends up registering as a sweet but flawed piece of entertainment, one that gets in its own way by trying too hard to be liked.