It's the official state bird (along with six other states), and cardinals are very distinctive in appearance, especially the ...

The real story behind reproduction and a collection of essays focusing on mothers and daughters ...

Birds have a lot to do in their short lives: defend territories, build nests, raise chicks and feed themselves. But the toll ...

(OSV News) — Archbishop John Francis Noll, founder of Our Sunday Visitor newspaper in 1912, was an innovator, a visionary and ...

To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.

A Play in Three Acts (of God), a biting new play about controlling the means of reproduction and controlling the ...

Unification Minister Chung seeks to restore inter-Korean trust before Pope Leo's 2027 visit and hopes North Korean youths can ...

In light of recent severe wildfire damage, governments in B.C. and across the country need a smarter plan to address the ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 14 - Papal envoy for Ukraine Cardinal Matteo Zuppi on Tuesday visited Russian prisoners in Ukraine and told them that Pope Leo XIV was close to them in his thoughts and prayers.

July 3 (Asia Today) --A possible visit by Pope Leo XIV to North Korea will depend largely on Pyongyang's attitude and the state of relations between North Korea and the United States, a senior South ...

Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini reads Pope John Paul II's letter during a Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica for the Church's World Day of the Sick, at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 11, 2005. The pope, back ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A close ally of St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, Ruini led the Italian bishops through some of the country’s fiercest battles over secularism, bioethics and the church’s ...