Representatives of the A Special Constabulary meet in Derry to draw up demands on gratuities and conditions as the force ...

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COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.

Notre Dame’s Paolo Carozza argues that Big Tech’s influence is reshaping how we understand the human person — and says the ...

The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the face of the church, and opened it to the modern world. The counc ...

Pope Paul VI presides over a 1963 session of Vatican II. Credit: CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo. The constitution, wrote America associate editor Donald R. Campion, S.J., shortly after its publication ...

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are ...

Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

Reuters published some 1.6 million photos in 2025, capturing the personal and the political, triumph and tragedy, as ...

Delegates from 32 nations conclude the FABC's ‘Great Pilgrimage of Hope’ in Penang, committing to revitalize Asia's ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.