How should the church respond when gay employees get married?

by The Editors October 25, 2016

How can the church continue to sustain its ministries while bearing witness to the timeless truths of its teaching when its own employees do not accept them all?

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Clinton, Trump trade jokes at Al Smith Catholic fundraiser in New York

by Michael J. O’Loughlin October 20, 2016

The candidates tried their best to inject some humor into the final stretch of a particularly rancorous campaign.

In All Things, Politics & Society

The man behind the dinner: Alfred E. Smith

by Joseph McAuley October 20, 2016

Smith was a man who believed that faith in God was not incompatible with faith in the people.

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Politics & Society, Signs Of the Times

News Briefs

by From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources October 20, 2016

In his message for World Food Day on Oct. 14, Pope Francis urged consumers to take responsibility for their use and waste of food and actions that harm the environment. • The Diocese of Baton Rouge has been helping flood victims deal with the stress of “letting go” and adjusting to

Letters, Magazine

Reply All

by Our readers October 20, 2016

“As long as the church hierarchy remains exclusively male, Catholic doctrine on sex and gender increasingly lacks credibility.”

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Faith, Signs Of the Times

Cardinal Surprises

by From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources October 20, 2016

A 5 a.m. wake-up call from a friend in Rome alerted Cardinal-designate Blase J. Cupich of Chicago to the news that Pope Francis had added his name to the list of church leaders soon to be made cardinals. The previous six archbishops of Chicago received a red hat, but Pope Francis has recently skippe