Explainer

The Catholic Church is currently campaigning against California’s proposed changes to its mandatory child abuse reporting law.

The Supreme Court has overruled longstanding precedents before, writes Ellen K. Boegel, but usually to end the confusion or chaos from an ‘erroneous’ decision. Will a majority describe Roe v. Wade that way?

I knew who I needed to talk to process this news: my mom, an account who once worked for the Archdiocese of Washington.

Every parent wants happy and healthy children, but unless we literally live on a deserted island, we are “a part of the main” and owe an obligation to our neighbors to protect them as well as ourselves.

Some background to the kerfuffle over Pope Francis and kissing the papal ring.

There are elements in the trial of Cardinal Pell that do not easily translate to a U.S. context, including a media blackout and the cardinal’s long history with the issues of sexual abuse and cover-up.