John T. Noonan, a consummate polymath, was perhaps one of the most lauded, influential and recognizable Catholics engaged in the public square in the last 50 years.

Viewed in the aftermath of the over-hyped midterm elections, Pope Francis’ description of the distortion of politics sounds pretty accurate.

How does religious faith affect jurisprudence? And will the sheer number of Catholics on the Supreme Court mean anything for future cases before the Court?

Following the listening phase of the Synod on Synodality, a mix of religious, clergy and lay people gathered in Frascati, Italy, to synthesize reports from around the world. Austen Ivereigh took part and gives this insider’s account.

Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.

This summer, amid a growing debate about gender identity in the United States, America asked two professors of theology to revisit the 2019 Vatican document on “‘gender theory in education.”