"Our National Shrine is a haven where pilgrims come to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters throughout the world." ...

"It's broader than just a Christian teaching. It's a humane teaching that we don't kill those who are suffering." ...

"It was probably one of the most intense grief moments and situations I’ve ever seen in my own almost 24 years of priesthood." ...

Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of the spiritual classic “Man’s Search for Meaning,” wrote: “Dostoevsky said ...

St. John Bosco was born in August 1815, in a place that was later renamed “Castenuovo Don Bosco” in his honor. His family was poor, and his father, a peasant farmer, died when John was only two years ...

Adapted from Archbishop's homily at USC's "Gold Mass" marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Thomas Aquinas.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an "end of life" bill to separate the issue of "active assistance in dying" from that of palliative care.

As of 8 a.m. on Jan. 30, local officials in Washington said that 28 bodies had been recovered from the Potomac River.