The recent writings of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat are calling political conservatives to a needed greater humility.

“The seminary is not a den of sexual misconduct fueled by excessive drinking,” the report on the investigation says.

I reached out by email to every diocese in the country and asked: Has your diocese started any new initiatives based on the 2018 pastoral letter on racism published by the U.S.C.C.B?

The obvious religious motivation of the Plowshares activists did not insulate them from criminal prosecution. The First Amendment prohibits the government from applying different rules to religious believers, but the Plowshares defendants were treated the same as any other intruder on government property.

Pope Francis has criticized clerics who are “far from the people.” One solution, writes Stacey Noem of the University of Notre Dame, is to better integrate candidates for the priesthood with lay students.

We love our movies about wiseguys. But what happens when you live and work down the street from them?