Previewing selections from their latest book, Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New (Paraclete Press, 2012), the editors discuss how spiritual practices help strengthen the life of ...

A decade ago, Craig W. Parker, general counsel of Catholic University of America, often woke in the middle of the night with a sense of panic. New regulations and laws were flooding out of the federal ...

Catholic priests will no longer be barred from blessing same-sex relationships after a Dec. 18 announcement from the Vatican on behalf of Pope Francis. Longstanding Catholic practices have forbidden ...

Every Catholic is entitled to a place and a record … a place for family and loved ones to come and pray for the deceased and also ask for their prayers,” said Father Coffas, pastor of Our Mother of ...

Faithful to Catholic teaching, these medical professionals are refusing to be carried along by a culture that treats life as disposable. Pediatrician Dr. Michele Chetham cares for a young patient at ...

MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico ...

There are approximately 150 Catholic priests in the United States who practice exorcism, an ancient practice to rid people, places and objects of demonic influence. There is even a protocol for ...