When my third baby, Liam, was a week old, I left him sleeping in the middle of the couch and went to the kitchen to make lunch for my other two kids, who were quietly coloring in their bedroom. Within seconds of starting to spread peanut butter across a slice of bread, I heard a floor-shaking thunk, followed by an agonizing moment of silence…

Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.

Addressing them ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion, Pope Francis shared a reflection on the Reading from the Sunday Gospel, which this week came from St. Matthew and contains the maxim, “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and render unto God what is God’s.”

Pope Francis explained that the episode teaches us both the legitimacy of earthly authority and the primacy of God in human affairs and over all the universe…

The number of Catholics in the world is increasing: almost one billion and 300 million, 17.7% of the world’s population. According to figures from the Church’s Book of Statistics and elaborated by Agenzia Fides, the baptized are 12 million and a half more than the previous year . This is one of the data in the Dossier published by Agenzia Fides on the occasion of the 91st World Mission Day, which is celebrated on Sunday, 22nd October 2017, which offers a panorama of the Church in the world…

The Cathedral of Notre Dame, the 12th-century Gothic church built on the Ile de la Cité in the middle of the river Seine, visited by more than 14 million people each year, is in trouble.

After surviving the French Revolution and two world wars, Notre Dame faces the biggest threat to its existence yet: it’s falling apart. According to Time, centuries of weather and pollution and some shoddy 19th-century restoration work have left the cathedral crumbling and in desperate need of repair…