The Trump administration’s speed-up of federal executions is bringing new scrutiny to Catholic judges. Nathaniel V. Romano, S.J., writes about the challenges facing the faithful in a pluralist political system.

It is important to feel guilt and shame over racism in order to overcome it.

The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was her first publicly discernible vote as a justice.

“The church is in the middle of a seismic change as it moves to a more synodal and discerning approach under the leadership of Pope Francis.”

It is okay to be sad. Rather than loathe, we lament, because we know of a better land.

While the pope did not mention a specific country in his remarks, he has written a letter to Catholics in Germany urging them to ensure that their “synodal path” was guided by the Holy Spirit.

Joe Biden will likely bring a more formal and interfaith approach to religious engagement, closer to the model forged by Bush and Obama. Here are a number of faith leaders Biden will likely end up consulting.

An e-Eucharist can be unsacramental and even anti-sacramental.

Whatever brings a person closer to God is holy.

The Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick is an indictment of institutional knowledge and decision-making in the Catholic Church.