Modern arguments about wealth and inequality often presuppose that Scripture offers little guidance beyond a general call to generosity, after which technocrats may improvise distribution schemes according to political fashion. Consequently, biblical economics becomes a set of pious slogans [...]

In contrast to the consecration of Christ through baptism, the Mark of the Beast will require ‘some type of renunciation of Christ,’ according to Fr. Ripperger. --- In contrast to the consecration of Christ through baptism, the Mark of the Beast [...]

Father Paolo Venturelli never gets too close when he visits Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” The Dominican friar prefers to stand away from the wall where it was painted. --- MILAN — Father Paolo Venturelli never gets too close when he visits Leonardo [...]

Pope Leo XIV called Monday for an end to the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, issuing a new but still muted appeal as two of his U.S. cardinals condemned the war, rejected the rationale for launching it and the “video [...]

For a while, it looked like the church-planting party was over. Numbers from the past few years tell us it’s not. --- For a while, it looked like the church-planting party was over. Back in the 2000s and 2010s, everyone was there. [...]

In an exclusive interview with Crux Now, Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo Diocese in Cameroon’s war-ravaged northwest region offers a stark assessment of a decade-long ongoing separatist conflict in his country. --- With Pope Leo XIV scheduled to be in the [...]

Zuppi's analysis blames political and sociological factors for the drastic emptying of Bologna's parishes rather than any shortcomings in the pastoral work of Italian clergy. --- Zuppi's analysis blames political and sociological factors for the drastic emptying of Bologna's parishes rather [...]

“The moral crisis we are facing is not just a matter of the war itself,” Cupich said, “but also how we, the observers, view violence, for war now has become a spectator sport or strategy game.” --- A senior U.S. cardinal [...]

“From Iran and from the whole Middle East," the pontiff said, "news continues to reach us that gives rise to profound consternation." --- ROME – For at least the fourth time in the past week, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed [...]

68-year-old Archbishop Gabriele Caccia inherits a complicated and consequential dossier on both the U.S. Church and state fronts at a time of global turmoil. --- ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador [...]