From an interview with Father Thomas Esposito, a Cistercian priest-monk who was ordained in 2011: MD: Is there something you did not fully appreciate about Catholicism until you became a priest? FT: ...

COMMENTARY: Pope John Paul II’s 1993 encyclical reminds us to pray that we be more willing to die than to lie, cheat, steal, fornicate or commit adultery, let alone burn incense in front of an idol.

Archbishop Franz Lackner of Salzburg is the new president of the Austrian bishops’ conference, succeeding Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, who held the office for 22 years. Lackner is pictured in ...