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Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
We now live in a “shout your abortion” nation, and a message that crass will never be embraced in more conservative parts of the United States, nor should it be.
Kate Bush has noted that “there’s a lot of suffering in Roman Catholicism” (photo: Alamy). 
Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up that Hill” has exploded across pop culture. But it's more than just the song in “Stranger Things.” It’s also deeply religious.
The papalization of the church reached its most robust form in the first half of the 20th century, but it might be seeing its twilight under Pope Francis.
Catholics have an opportunity to approach tobacco policy for what it is—a pro-life issue.
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
With empty pews on his right and left, a man walks away, towards the open doors of the church
“The figures for 2021 show the profound crisis in which we find ourselves as the Catholic Church in Germany," said Bishop Georg Bätzing.
A heart drawn in the sand next to the water on a beach.
Our eschatology became focused upon place rather than person, but that is a fundamental distortion of the Gospel preached by the disciples.
Photo: Planet Fitness (@PlanetFitness)
The fact is, no one—no church or priest, friendly gym or unfriendly one—can judge us without our cooperation.
Close-up of a bride and groom holding hands on their wedding day.
Preparation for marriage should rely less on workbooks and more on prayer and community.
FILE - Archbishop Gregory Aymond conducts the procession to lead a live streamed Easter Mass in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Sunday, April 12, 2020. The FBI has opened a widening investigation into Roman Catholic sex abuse in New Orleans, looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them. The FBI declined to comment, as did the Louisiana State Police, which is assisting in the inquiry. The Archdiocese of New Orleans declined to discuss the federal investigation.
The F.B.I. has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades.