Jesus does not merely resemble today's migrants and displaced people; Jesus is with them. From his very first day, the life ...

"Playing havoc with Leo's appointment to replace Dolan looks like a disruptive move by those who realize that the U.S. church ...

Family and community are webs of relationships in which we call forth one another's humanity. More than that, family and ...

These movies insist "that action, empathy and love are not abstract virtues: They are verbs. To seek, to carry, to fight for ...

Clergy, churches and other religious organizations wrestle with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays ...

As the year ends, much of American democracy seems to be in ruins with self-inflicted devastation, writes NCR's Michael Sean ...

If people refuse to make room for others -- like the poor, children and the stranger -- then they also refuse to make room ...

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ...

But in truth Ascher is an Oscar-nominated composer who has played with Woody Herman, John Lennon and Barbra Streisand, among many others. Every once in a while near the end of the band's set, DeJesus ...

In the shadow of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, more than 200 people from both countries participated in a traditional yuletide procession reenacting the search for shelter where Jesus could be born.

"Only God's grace can close the infinite distance between us and God, and that is precisely what God did at Christmas," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

Bishop Michael Martin wrote that his guidelines are to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.