By Fr. Stanley Smolenski | The doleful eyes looking at the viewer from the miraculous painting of Our Lady of Sorrows in Quito, Ecuador, are unforgettable. She holds her son’s crown of thorns...

By Patrick Reilly | Lately we’ve been hearing about a college admissions scandal and FBI raids of parents’ homes. But Catholic families may be being cheated by an even bigger fraud. The news is abuzz...

By Peter Jesserer Smith | WASHINGTON — Work requirements for government-assistance programs form a key part of President Donald Trump’s March 11 budget proposal to Congress, with the White House...

By Peter Jesserer Smith | Editors Note: This story originally appeared March 24, 2015. The content includes updates on new research.  PHILADELPHIA — On a September day in 2008, a...

By Catholic News Agency | BISMARCK, N.D. — There’s a scene in the middle of The Lord of the Rings, a fantasy series written by Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, where the quest to destroy an evil,...