The German Catholic news agency KNA notes the president of the bishops’ conference has so far been virtually the only bishop not to comment publicly on the document.

The bishops applaud the Trump administration “for moving NIH in a direction that shows greater consideration for medical ethics in research, and greater respect for innocent human life.”

In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.

In his new book, Melvin Urofsky, an emeritus professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of numerous books, details the critical issues around affirmative action in the United States.

If Joe Biden wins in November, he will be just the second Catholic elected president.

Many Catholics have questions about Senator Harris’s record on religious freedom.

Archbishop Stefan Hesse, Germany’s youngest bishop, said he was entering reform talks with an open mind.

When Coons speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday before Biden’s speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination, his remarks will focus on faith — attesting in highly personal fashion to his longtime friend’s belief in God.

The oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has renewed attention as to how environmental disasters affect ecological and economic life.