(RNS) — Readers will be surprised how relevant the book’s message is to American Catholics and the country’s leaders.

(RNS) — The pope says that the pandemic has produced true martyrs but also malefactors who have preyed on the suffering of others.

(RNS) — At their fall meeting, the American Catholic bishops failed to communicate that they understood the startling report’s implications.

(RNS) — The fact that John Paul advanced McCarrick in the hierarchy despite warning he received from Vatican officials and Cardinal John O’Connor makes some wonder why he should be considered a saint. Canonizing popes is more about ecclesial politics than sanctity.

(RNS) — The Vatican report on McCarrick shows that something worse than mere incompetence was at work in the Vatican’s failure: clericalism.

(RNS) — Americans once feared that Catholic politicians would push Rome’s agenda. But in divisive times, we could do worse than implementing the Church’s principles of reconciliation and multilateralism.

(RNS) — We know — have known — that we must do more listening and less preaching. If we cannot, our future is bleak.

(RNS) — It’s not who Catholics are or what they believe, but where they are and their enthusiasm for voting.

(RNS) Over seven years, Pope Francis has gradually remade the college of cardinals, making it less European and more African and Asian.

(RNS) — Pope Francis’ comments about civil unions for same-sex partners in a new documentary have caused a stir. How to understand his positions.

(RNS) — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, almost all the photos of Pope Francis have shown him without a mask. Here are six reasons he should change his ways.

(RNS) — The kind of prayer recommended by a new pamphlet on civic engagement is the kind that helps us listen, detached from our own preconceptions and prejudices.