The day after a Russian-made missile landed in Poland, close to Ukraine’s border, killing two people, and after Russia fired close to 100 missiles on Ukrainian targets, causing at least one death and leaving many people without electricity, Pope Francis made another appeal for peace Nov. 16.

Continuing his series of audience talks on spiritual discernment, the pope reflected on desolation and why the feeling occurs.

The U.S. bishops Nov. 15 were urged to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message and to know that despite a growing secularism in the U.S., “the vast majority of our neighbors still believe in God.” Gathered in Baltimore, the bishops heard these remarks during the afternoon public session of […]

The U.S. bishops agreed to consider revised texts, in both English and Spanish, for the anointing of the sick.

In his address to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, emphasized the need to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message.

Vatican officials and other Catholic leaders around the globe believe the challenge of climate change requires a consensus-based approach rooted in solidarity, saying world leaders’ failure to come together and fully implement previous agreements is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet.

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez completed his three years as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 15 with images of conflict, changes and challenges during his term.

The Catholic bishop of Richmond decried the Nov. 13 fatal shooting of three football players at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, urging everyone to pray for the victims, their families and the entire university community.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.

The centuries’ old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter’s Square will now live, perhaps to see another century.