If Gov. JB Pritzker signs it, Illinois would become the 12th state with such legislation. He has 60 days to act.

More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration ...

The saint's legacy "reminds us that Britain's religious story is broader than one tradition. It's been enriched by Catholic ...

Tomorrow, Newman will officially be what he has been for a long time unofficially, a doctor of the church. Theologians should ...

From Hagar to Mother Mary Lange, from St. Valentine to Mister Rogers, this collection finds holiness across time and space.

"We will not retreat, and we will use every nonviolent tool at our disposal, to call this nation, this Congress, to stop all ...

The Trump administration indicated it would restrict the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500, ...

Prelate also views preventing access to detainees as a serious pastoral and constitutional concern as well as a matter of ...

In an age of numbness and forgetting, remembering our shared grief may be the truest form of resistance, writes Tom Fox, NCR ...

Many of the ancient Irish holy men and women came to us from the early, misty days of Christianity in Ireland. On All Saints' and All Souls' Days, it's a good time to remember some of them.

The site "is a lovely place," writes Mike O'Brien. "The chant of birdsong serenades the resting monks within a cathedral of ...

As the Peanuts cartoon character, Linus, reminded Charlie Brown: “Prayer is no substitute for doing your homework.” And while ...