A new study by the Pew Research Center found that few Americans blame God for suffering in the world. Instead, Americans are more likely to blame suffering on random chance, the actions of others, or ...

It is Eastertide, but the people of Puerto Rico have been condemned in recent years to an experience that keeps them reliving the Stations of the Cross. The debt crisis was the first fall. The ...

As the U.S. presidential election draws near, a booming "fake news" business is targeting Catholics, especially those inclined to vote for Kamala Harris. Self-proclaimed "Catholic" websites and ...

The Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is nearly 1,000 years old. Our Lady of Sorrows at the Church of the Holy Cross in Salamanca. (photo: Zarateman via Wikimedia / (CC BY-SA 4.0)) As an ...

The power of "The Passion of the Christ" is its effectiveness in helping people understand that their personal suffering, when united to Christ’s, can lead to self-knowledge and a greater intimacy ...

Suffering can make God a hard sell. Atheists often use it as proof he doesn’t exist: “If there was a loving God, he would not allow… (Fill in the blank).” But suffering does not disprove God, and it ...

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands (RNS) — The Rev. Louis Kemayou, native of Africa and newbie to hurricanes, was in his church in St. Croix when Hurricane Maria hit this Virgin Island. It was the night ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The local Catholic ...

In this Sunday July 15, 2018 file photo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, second left, and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, hold hands as they wave at the crowds in Addis Ababa, ...

Clockwise from top left: Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan meets with youth at the Syriac Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Qamishli, Syria; Patriarch Younan processes into the ...

Religions are bundles of ideas and superstitions. Some of these ideas are false but useful, many more are false and dangerous. When the dangerous ideas are codified in official doctrines and ...