One of the Vatican rsquo s top canon lawyers at the Synod of Bishops on the Family says the current process for the annulment of marriages in the Catholic Church could be streamlined and expanded to the benefit of very many people whose marriages have broken down This could be one of the positive f

Will voters penalize senate candidate for changing his position on personhood?

The theology schools at The Catholic University of America in Washington D C and the Jesuit-run Santa Clara University in California are among 10 Christian theology schools awarded grants to integrate studies in hard sciences into their theological curricula The grants called ldquo Science for

David W Burcham President of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles has announced his resignation effective at the end of the academic year In a letter sent to members of the LMU community he noted At the conclusion of this academic year I will have served 5 years as President of Loyola M

'All Good Books Are Catholic Books,' by Una M. Cadegan

'Inside the Jesuits,' by Robert Blair Kaiser

'The Twilight of the American Enlightenment,' by George M. Marsden

I was a seminarian in Rome when Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope John XXIII. More than five decades later, I found myself in Rome once more, on April 27, at the canonization ceremony that celebrated Pope John’s holy life, as well as that of Pope John Paul II. I was one of 800 priests

Tensions between student demonstrators and authorities in Beijing rose as protests continued for broader democratic rights in Hong Kong in October. On Oct. 3 protesters accused police of allowing pro-government “thugs” to assault them in the city’s Mong Kok district.“Nothing

For years Pedro Arrupe’s legacy was an object of suspicion in some Vatican circles.

Not since the Second Vatican Council has a gathering of representatives of the world’s Catholic bishops sparked such interest and controversy as the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, which opened in the Vatican on Oct. 5. While the agenda is very wide,

Guilty NationRe “Prison Possibilities,” by Valerie Schultz (9/29): Ours is a crazy society. We believe that sending someone to prison for life will somehow restore justice in the world for a loved one whose life was cut short. At a rate of 716 people per 100,000, the United States incarc

Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany, the author of a controversial proposal to make it easier for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion, said on Oct. 1 that he believes Pope Francis backs the measure but would not apply it without support from the bishops at the upcoming synods

Commoning was an economic system built around meeting the needs of the poor.

Civilization, wrote Thomas Gilby, O.P., is marked by people locked in argument.

Philosophy of 'Ubuntu' is important to the founding myth of the new South African nation.

Iraqi refugees who fled Islamic State violence after Mosul was overrun say it will be difficult ever to return home, despite concerns by the church that more Christians are fleeing their ancient homeland in the Middle East. “I thought I was living in a kind of dystopian end-of-times film,&rdqu

The eugenic dream was not eliminated by the Allied victors or Nuremberg tribunals.

IntraVarsity student says groups should be led members "representative of that religion.”