Pope Francis on Tuesday penned an essay for the New York Times on the importance of fostering a sense of humor, of quelling narcissism through “appropriate doses of self-irony,” and of avoiding ...

Pope Francis meets with comedians at the Apostolic Palace on June 14, 2024, in Vatican City. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international ...

When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents. To many Catholics, this meeting came as a surprise.

Liturgically, the Church marks the birth of St. John the Baptist — the only saint whose birth is celebrated aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary — once a year (June 24), but also does so every day.

Catholic Twitter is using juxtaposed images of two Olympics shooters to humorously draw distinctions between everything from priests and seminarians to the styles of different Gospel authors. One of ...

Jennifer Frey beautifully captures the Catholic vision of reality in “Flannery O’Connor’s Tales of Evil and Grace” (Houses of Worship, March 21). The devil continually tempts us to skip searching for ...

(The Conversation) — When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, 2024, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents. To many Catholics, this ...