The tasseled felt hats of German horse riders and the brightly colored head wraps of women from the Antilles were just a few signs of the Catholic Church's universality on display Feb. 22, as pilgrims celebrated the creation of new cardinals.South Koreans and Canadians, Ivorians and Italians min

Bishops decry worsening conditions and criticize the national government for ignoring it.

Will push for Pre-K increase false diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

For the past quarter century there has been a partisan dimension to campaigns for religious liberty first abroad and now at home In part at least the critical issues involved have been misused by leading proponents in efforts to get the upper hand on whichever administration happens to occupy th

The Council for the Economy will include eight cardinals and bishops and seven lay experts.

The actor and frequent talk-show guest Alec Baldwin has never run for political office and he rsquo ll probably never slake that obvious thirst now that he rsquo s been defined as an Obama-loving homophobe mdash a demographic that at best is a majority on a few scattered streets on his native L

In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com

As states strike down same-sex marriage bans, Archbishop Cordileone seeks constitutional remedy.

Pope Francis and 150 Cardinals discuss ministry to divorced and remarried Catholics.

John Garvey President of the Catholic University of America and Andrew Abela dean of the School of Business and Economics take to the Wall Street Journal today to defend CUA 39 s decision to accept a 1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation nbsp The Koch Foundation has made gifts t

In one sense there are few surprises in Tuesday evening rsquo s broadcast of Frontline rsquo s latest documentary on the scandals that continue to rock the Catholic Church Few surprises that is if you have been following the story for the last ten years though this is not about birth control ab

Editor rsquo s Note Mark Zmuda the former vice principal of Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish Wash was forced to resign in December after it became known that he married a man Since then students have held rallies in support of Mr Zmuda In this guest blog post John D Whitney S J

Here rsquo s another red vs blue map but this one shows the changes in partisan strength over the past quarter-century See larger version below It rsquo s from David Jarman at the Daily Kos That rsquo s a Democratic site as is ThinkProgress which flagged the map today but the map is based

Christ calls us to "travel the long, difficult, but liberating road to reconciliation."

Developing a healthy, authentic religious life requires, writes Matt Emerson, requires "a diversity of experiences and a period of trial and error."

Rose Pacatte, of the Daughters of St. Paul, will receive the Daniel J. Kane Religious Communications Award, given by the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives at the University of Dayton, on March 6. • A World Health Organization declaration that India was “polio-free” on Feb. 11 was c

I write to you as a former prisoner of conscience of the Brezhnev era All other titles are rapidly losing sense in the light of the bleeding Ukrainian Maidan All my life I admired Western civilization as the realm of values Now I am close to rephrasing Byron rsquo s words ldquo Frailty thy name

While most of the world has already ratified the U N 39 s Ottawa Convention banning the use of land mines the United States stands among the hold-outs with Russia Iran China Israel Vietnam Egypt and a collection of other mostly Arab and Middle and South East Asian states A decision may fina