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'City of a Million Dreams' is based on the book of the same name by renowned New Orleans journalist Jason Berry.

Pope Francis and his team of reformers continue their efforts to promote transparency in the institution’s fraught finances.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: "Bishop Gomez's remarks," Tobias Winright of St. Louis University worries, "lift rather than lower the bridge over the moat dividing U.S. Catholics and recent movements in the U.S. seeking to build 'a more perfect union' with true liberty and social justice for all."

After a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, the U.S. bishops' conference has started tracking vandalism at Catholic sites across the country.

A recent meeting between Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised hopes among Indian Catholics about the possibility of a future papal visit.

In his first book, Shoutin' in the Fire, Danté Stewart weaves together memoir and social and cultural criticism along with theology — stories about his family with stories from the Bible and Black literature.

As world leaders gather for COP26 to discuss the best way to tackle climate change, leaders of the world's religions want to make sure some voices aren't lost in the crowd: namely, the voices of Indigenous peoples from the Arctic to the Equator.

Students and alumni at Loyola Marymount Universityare railing against a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood that a student group is hosting on Nov. 5.

In Bernardin, Catholics had a leader who anticipated the style and ministry of Pope Francis in his openness to dialogue and his efforts to engage the world in constructive conversations. But Bernardin’s final years also anticipated the sort of opposition Francis has faced.

In Rome and at the Vatican, President Joe Biden found a safe haven from the debates taking place back home, where some U.S. bishops argue Catholic politicians should not be allowed to receive Communion if they support abortion rights.

A shared ethic of love of neighbor and responsibility for creation helps activists resist climate disaster fatigue.

Phyllis Zagano: A disgraced former U.S. president, currently banned from major social media and ignored by most other outlets, is claiming ownership of the truth or, as he characteristically puts it, TRUTH.

Perspective: Touch is central to caring for the dying. Human dignity is at stake when the Supreme Court hears death row inmate John Henry Ramirez's plea that his pastor be allowed to lay hands on him as he is executed.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: Last year, protesters were arrested after Junipero Serra's statue was torn down at a San Rafael mission. His statues were also attacked elsewhere. Bishops have labeled these attacks anti-Catholic; I think they should ask the following.

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in October, according to official Vatican reports that priority for the third dose was given to people over 60.

A conservative Catholic bishop in Texas praised a speech by actor Jim Caviezel this week, lauding remarks that included criticism of Pope Francis and were delivered at a conference connected to QAnon.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: This will not be a pastoral meeting between the pope and one of the Catholic faithful. This is a meeting between the president of the United States and an influential world leader. 

A Vatican census released ahead of World Mission Day reveals growing numbers of Catholics in what Pope Francis often refers to as "the global peripheries," even as the number continues to diminish in Europe.

Faith leaders and actors were arrested outside the White House on Oct. 19 as they demanded in prayers and speeches voting rights legislation.

Jane Goodall, the world-renowned primatologist and conservationist, noted that faith leaders could play a great role in bringing about change in the world.