If Gov. JB Pritzker signs it, Illinois would become the 12th state with such legislation. He has 60 days to act.

The saint's legacy "reminds us that Britain's religious story is broader than one tradition. It's been enriched by Catholic ...

Many of the ancient Irish holy men and women came to us from the early, misty days of Christianity in Ireland. On All Saints' and All Souls' Days, it's a good time to remember some of them.

The Trump administration indicated it would restrict the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500, ...

At a dialogue on labor and the environment in Appalachia, Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, lent his ...

Tomorrow, Newman will officially be what he has been for a long time unofficially, a doctor of the church. Theologians should ...

Prelate also views preventing access to detainees as a serious pastoral and constitutional concern as well as a matter of ...

The site "is a lovely place," writes Mike O'Brien. "The chant of birdsong serenades the resting monks within a cathedral of ...

Pope Leo XIV's recognition of St. John Henry Newman as a "doctor of the church" will be an ecumenical celebration, a sign of ...

As the Peanuts cartoon character, Linus, reminded Charlie Brown: “Prayer is no substitute for doing your homework.” And while ...

In an age of numbness and forgetting, remembering our shared grief may be the truest form of resistance, writes Tom Fox, NCR ...

Disaster relief groups have moved supplies into place, mobilized volunteers and started raising funds to respond to Hurricane ...