In today’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples as they are out on the boat, after a frustrating and empty night of fishing ...

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

From the archives: A look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March 2013. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a cardinal from ...