Christians across the globe are observing Lent, the 40-day period of prayer, self-sacrifice and fasting ahead of Holy Week and Easter. Here are three things to remember this year.
These institutions of education still uphold discrimination.
A 17-year-old was blessed by Pope Francis in a touching moment at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during his big trip to New York Thursday evening. Stephanie Gabaud was thrilled about meeting the Pope after also seeing Pope Benedict XVI during his NYC visit in 2008. The White Plains native suffers from spina bifida, a birth defect that doesn’t […]
While the Christian share of the U.S. population is falling, it is more racially and ethnically diverse than ever—a mirror of American citizens, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Racial and ethnic minorities in 2014 made up 41 percent of Catholics, up from 35 percent in 2007; 24 percent of evangelical Protestants, up […]
