Massachusetts bishops reject the use of capital punishment.

Movement against predatory student loans 'might just work.'

Will his ideas survive attacks from Walker and Bush?

The public radio program quot On Being quot as its website says quot opens up the animating questions at the center of human life What does it mean to be human and how do we want to live We explore these questions in their richness and complexity in 21st-century lives and endeavors quot qu

Church leaders in South Sudan are trying to breathe new life into their country's stalled peace talks.Stating that they spoke "with divine authority," leaders of the South Sudan Council of Churches, which includes Catholics and Protestants, issued a statement in late March lamenting th

A new Kansas law banning an abortion procedure that results in dismemberment of an unborn child "has the power to transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.Gov. Sam Brownback signed the measure April 7 during a

Chicago journalism legend Robert McClory and Vatican II reporter Robert Blair Kaiser

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, cardinal of the people, died April 8 in Montreal's Marie-Clarac Hospital.The 78-year-old cardinal, who served as Montreal's archbishop for 22 years, was diabetic, and his health had been in decline for several months. He was moved to palliative care March 24.Ca

This month mdash April mdash will mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the conflict that has come to be known as the American Civil War Also called ldquo The War Between the States rdquo it was also referred to as the ldquo War between Brothers rdquo nbsp While the war was fought on many

Here in Britain we cling to many habits that have long outlived their relevance or utility not least the notion that an electoral campaign runs for only the three weeks prior to the Parliamentary General Election We used to shake our heads in feigned wonder when we noted that U S White House cam

Congratulations to America editors James Martin S J and Kerry Weber who double-teamed the Christopher Awards today Jim Martin earned his for Jesus A Pilgrimage Harper One Harper Collins Publishers and Kerry Weber won in the same ldquo books for adults rdquo category with Mercy in the City

The first and only Vietnamese American Catholic bishop

Science confirms what the great Christian memoirists intuited: stories matter.

The 2015 class of men ordained to the priesthood report that they were, on average, about 17 when they first considered a vocation to the priesthood and encouraged to consider a vocation by an average of four people. Seven in 10 (71 percent) say they were encouraged by a parish priest, as well as fr

Pope Francis called on the people of Colombia to work toward peace, and maintain hope that negotiations will succeed, according to the Vatican secretary of state.The pope urged them to "not lose energy or hope" at such a crucial time in the peace process and encouraged them "to contin

As the trial of Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went to the jury April 6, the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts released a statement reiterating the church's teaching on the death penalty.If convicted, Tsarnaev could be sentenced to death or to life without the possibility of

Film shows the effect of Islamist fundamentalists taking over the ancient city

New Census Bureau data reveal where people are moving—and why.

Ten percent of all water used in the entire state is dedicated to almond growing.

Eurocentric view of family—father, mother and children (nuclear family)—found problematic