On Feb. 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced a decision that will have far-reaching implications for the modern church.

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Thanks to former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for sending this remembrance of George W. Hunt, S.J.

Remembering Jon Hassler, the author of grace-filled Catholic fiction.

Larry Woiwode's peripatetic life.

John Langan, S.J., preached the homily at the funeral of Robert Drinan, S.J., on Feb. 1, 2007. The full text of his homily is below.

John Courtney Murray is the most significant Catholic theologian the church in the United States has ever produced.

The church must protect the community from harm, but it must also protect the human rights of each individual who may face an accusation.