Mushtaq Asad was among the first five Pakistani lay people sent for a two-year study program in Rome in the early 1980s to ensure lay participation. That was two decades after the Second Vatican ...

Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy and cheer. Unfortunately, some people may find themselves feeling much less merry due to dreaded holiday season layoffs. While layoffs around Christmas may ...

It's one of the worst and most stressful things a person can experience — being laid off from your job. Obviously, the financial upheaval is the most difficult part, but what amplifies the stress is ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego gives the homily during Mass in the Church of St. Frumentius, his titular church in Rome, April 23, 2023. Every cardinal is assigned a titular church in Rome, ...

Sherley Margaret has been involved in Church activities for years. But the 37-year-old Catholic from Myanmar only heard about the Second Vatican Council, which advocates lay empowerment, for the first ...