“Rather than describing clericalism as an individual reality—a problem of ‘bad apples’—this study maps clericalism as a structural reality shaped by the interaction of three forces: sex, gender, and power,” the authors write.

Cardinal Dolan, at a recent press conference, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's commitment to aiding immigrants.

Bruce Botha, S.J., said one notable achievement of the synodal process was that many people who experienced themselves on the margins of the church felt that they were heard.

Though the families of former interpreters for the U.S. military are being targeted by the Taliban, there is still no established pathway for bringing them to the United States on a permanent basis.

Listening to, and seeing, the other are always important. Because no one is really the other. Nothing separates us, because we are the same.

The Nebraska Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Creighton University students who sought to be exempt from the private Catholic school’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate last year.

The resignation of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has sparked internal debate over the status and titles of former Popes. One group of canon lawyers and academics are working to draft a ruleset for this navigating papal resignations going forward.

A new book by David I. Kertzer argues that Pope Pius XII has more responsibility for the Holocaust than previously reported. But is the charge merited?

From Father Andrew Greeley in 1989: The R.C.I.A. has converted the sacramental experience into an obstacle course, a series of barriers to be surmounted, a list of tests to be passed.

A Reflection for Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane