The pope and the pope emeritus are not so far apart: Both Benedict and Francis warn against responding to the abuse crisis with a ’self-made’ church that ignores the Gospel.

Franciscan Father Sean O. Sheridan, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2013 submitted his resignation to the university's board of trustees.

A Nicaraguan bishop said he will leave the country indefinitely as concerns for his security increase -- presumably the product of his criticisms of the Central American nation's president.

In the wake of the Vatican's February summit on clerical sexual abuse, the Tokyo-based Catholic Bishops' Conference will begin to investigate cases of abuse in Japan, going far back as 20 years ago.

Searching for God takes effort; it is not just for Sundays alone.

This week on "Inside the Vatican," we cover the ecumenical retreat the Vatican is hosting for South Sudanese leaders.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI wrote an article outlining his thoughts on the clerical sexual abuse crisis about what must be done now.

This event is co-sponsored by the Eastern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and in partnership with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association and The Anglosphere Society.

Rather than framing moral philosophy as just another form of epistemology (how can we know what to do?), Iris Murdoch was asking a more classical question: “How can we make ourselves morally better?” she asks. “These are the questions the philosopher should try to answer.”

In 1939, the editors spoke out against the Daughters of the American Revolution when the group tried to prevent Marian Anderson from performing in Constitution Hall. Anderson performed instead at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of 75,000.

Thanks to the image released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, for the first time we have direct proof that a black hole is more than a theoretical construct.

Before the soldiers arrive, before the physical attacks, in the silence of the night, the soul of Christ struggles in agony.

The State of Louisiana currently has about 100 investigators trying to determine the cause of the recent spate of fires devastating a number of historically African American churches throughout the state.

Looking back on sports stories designed to educate a certain class of white American male into the virtues of postwar civic culture.

The introduction of "no-fault" divorces in the United Kingdom will undermine marriages from the outset, said the Catholic bishops of England and Wales.

Ideological adversaries sparred over what criteria make a fetus capable of experiencing pain.

God is also a transcendent deity whose grandeur and majesty command our attention and our reverence.

Thanks to the resilience of the U.V.A. team—and the fervent prayers of many fans—the darkest day in the program’s history will now be remembered as the first step on their road to redemption.

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, accompanied by his predecessor Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, visited some of the sites and people of the Archdiocese of Washington