A Venezuelan doctor who treated patients during the Spanish flu pandemic and was one of the first to introduce microscopes to his nation’s hospitals was beatified April 30 in a ceremony held in Caracas.

The Catholic Church now has a greater understanding of the grave anxiety of a suicidal person and their capacity to make decisions.

Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Atmosphere trumps substance in the fantasy adventure “Shadow and Bone.” Sprawling, complex and tinged by problematic details, the eight-episode series is currently streaming on Netflix.

Last year’s conference of the Theology of the Body Institute was an unexpected success, attracting more than 70,000 online registrants.

En medio del sufrimiento por una devastadora crisis económica y una pandemia, la beatificación de José Gregorio Hernández, cariñosamente conocido como el “médico de los pobres”, es un testimonio de la fe y la esperanza para el pueblo de Venezuela, dijo el papa Francisco.

The Equality Act was passed in March by the House of Representatives but faces an uncertain outcome in the Senate, which is split more equally between Democrats and Republicans.

“Early in ‘Holy Land Pilgrimage,’ author Stephen J. Binz refers to the Holy Land as the ‘fifth Gospel’ because it helps us understand the truths revealed by Christ as people stand on sacred sites.”