By Asami Ohmoto In a quiet parish in Tokyo archdiocese, eight-year-old Minami Kimura’s decision surprised almost everyone, including her parents — she wanted to be baptized as a Catholic. Minami, a ...

People turn toward faith not because they are naïve to hardship, but because they are attempting to make sense of it ...

As Fr. Eric Rodrigues celebrated a recent baptism at Holy Name Parish, he was struck by a quiet realization as the ...

The London archdioceses of Westminster and Southwark record their highest number of adults entering the Church at Easter ...

"Tender Mercies," starring Robert Duvall, is the story of one man’s modest steps towards a second chance that he’s not sure ...

The 40 days of Lent give us the opportunity to grow in our response to the Lord’s love through faith. The Sunday gospels for the next three weeks come from the Gospel of John. In these passages we ...

The new archbishop said he had long wanted to visit the borough and praised Staten Island as “salt of the earth.” ...

Preaching on this story from John's Gospel, I like how St. Augustine put it. Describing the dialogue between Jesus and the ...

Easter is the central holiday of the Christian world, established in memory of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third ...

As a lay Catholic who has grown up in this Church, and continues to seek Christ within, I do not raise these questions ...

The third Sunday of Lent sits midway between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, serving as a bridge between the initial ...

We humans are adept at creating little inner cloaks to protect us from being seen. When we’re hurt and afraid to show it, we want to cover that can quickly become armour. Eventually we become so ...