“Father Ted” can be seen as both a relic of an Irish moment and a humorous, but serious, argument against the confessional state.

It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.

The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, rarely talks to the press. He recently agreed to visit at length with the Post-Dispatch. The topic was his new book, “The Church and the Racial Divide.”

The American dream exerts a magnetic pull in Patricia Engel’s new novel.

The church can be a transformative force by standing with the powerless and vulnerable today as it did during the fall of Communism.

Given all the challenges facing the Catholic Church in our country, we are far overdue for a moment in which the bishops, clergy, religious and lay faithful of our country can discern together how to be the people of God in our time and place.

What if instead of a few philosopher-kings magnanimously steering the unruly mob, we focused on building a democracy full of philosopher folks?

An authentically Catholic consistent life ethic means treating prenatal children as the equivalent of every other human being.

The day before Easter this year, a group of transgender people came to the Vatican at the invitation of Pope Francis to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an official who oversees the pope’s charitable works.

“Essential” workers have returned to “normal,” confronting the low wages, poor-to-no benefits—including no paid sick time or company-sponsored health insurance—they faced before the crisis.