Christ’s resurrection ushers in a new world – one of peace, love, and fraternity, Pope Francis said on Easter Sunday, as he prayed for the many people who are suffering throughout the world. “Christ is alive and he remains with us. Risen, he...

Ryan Prasad desperately wanted to change his life. “Every single day before I left my house, I would pray to a God, asking him to help me out of my lifestyle, because there was no way I was going to be able to do it on my own,” he told...

Religious and civil leaders have responded with condolences, prayer, and calls for justice after several explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more on Easter Sunday. Calling it “a very,...

Twenty years ago, two teenagers opened gunfire outside Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Their massacre was premeditated and devastating; the boys also unsuccessfully planned to bomb the school with homemade explosives. They...

Easter is not a time for political debate, but is rather an opportunity to encounter the pinnacle of the faith – Christ’s death and resurrection, Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury said in his homily for the feast. At the April 21 Mass said at...

The number of Christians in Aleppo, Syria, fell dramatically during the civil war, from 180,000 before the war to 32,000 today. Maronite Archbishop Joseph Tobji of Aleppo is the shepherd of a small community of about 400 families. He recently...