When it comes to gays and lesbians, the Gospel values of love, mercy and compassion are the building blocks of all church teaching.

When is a sacramental marriage truly consummated?

Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?

Papal authority has expanded dramatically over the last 150 years. But our age has seen something new—informal papal teachings meant as pastoral encouragements more than doctrinal clarifications.

When it comes to how they spend their free time, why they study and what they envision for their life beyond the classroom, students are trying to pursue happiness. Too often, however, this wrestling does not go far enough.

It does not necessarily follow that because a teacher has violated church teaching, and his or her contract, that he or she should be terminated.