“THE document that inspired the convocation is one of the great encyclicals of the century. Unusually long for a papal pronouncement—more than 15,000 words—Pacem in Terris was issued by John ...

Artists Athena LaTocha, Mary Mattingly and Tyler Rai come from different religious and cultural backgrounds and bring ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.

The 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Letter on the Regulation of Birth, “Humanae Vitae” by Pope Paul VI, is an opportune time for us to recall the salient doctrine of this authoritative and ...

Writings on ‘the common good’ In his official papal letters, called encyclicals, Francis echoed his public actions by emphasizing the “common good,” or the rights and responsibilities ...