Vatican Media. Pope Francis celebrates Mass for Burmese Catholics in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 16, 2021. Pope Francis, who became the first pope to visit the Southeast Asian country in...

Diego Velázquez’s ‘Coronation of the Virgin,’ ca. 1635, reflects how the ‘Regina Caeli’ honors the Queen of Heaven. The ‘Regina Caeli’ focuses on the joy of the Mother of the Redeemer.

Eucharistic procession at St. Charles Catholic Church. Personal invitation, a strong sense of community and intentional discipleship seen as key in parishes that have brought people back to...

(L-R) Pope Pius XIII and Pope Pius XI. COMMENTARY: Pope Pius XI’s treatment 40 years after of Pope Leo XIII’s social encyclical offers a core of continuing vitality.

Alfred Derks Movie theater A good Christian film can help us take Christianity more seriously, and a bad Christian film can keep us from taking ourselves too seriously.