The law marked "a needed and long awaited beginning" of bringing greater justice to all citizens," the journal said.

One bishop believes New Hampshire flirts with great moral peril in retaining the death penality.

Marquette University on May 6 rescinded a job offer to a Seattle professor who is openly gay, a decision that has been criticized by some faculty members and students.

A Catholic Charities USA survey paints a vivid picture of the new realities of an increasingly distressed American middle class.

Is working against unions tantamount to committing mortal sin?

Instead of quelling the violence in the border community in Mexico, the posting of troops and federal police officers has only accelerated the bloodletting.