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

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

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Ill., has been appointed archbishop of New York, succeeding Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Hicks ...

Faith leaders and religious advocates in New Jersey are calling for accountability and compassion following the death of a 41 ...

Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed ...

"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.

The January consistory in many ways will mark the first time that the pontiff can look ahead to his own agenda following his ...

People have a deep desire to return to their lives despite the dire and complex situation in Gaza following two years of war, ...

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.

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 ...

The New York Archdiocese is seeking a universal settlement with abuse survivors, with a deal that could break legal gridlock involving the archdiocese and its insurer Chubb, which has refused to cover ...

John Prevost reflects on the years after his brother left home, from his brother Robert's time in the minor seminary and ...