The Catechism says that every sign of unjust discrimination must be avoided when it comes to gays and lesbians.

Wow nbsp Tim Tebow the famously religious quarterback who kneels in prayer before during and after games led the Denver Broncos to another apparently miraculous win yesterday nbsp And as if the win itself weren rsquo t dramatic enough the football phenom passed for an astonishing 316 yards

Fr Thomas J Reese former editor in chief of America and veteran Vaticanologist sent us this analysis of the new College of Cardinals in light of the Holy Father s naming of new cardinals this morning Winners and Losers in the College of Cardinals With the latest papal appointments to the Colle

Included among the names of cardinal-designates this morning in the Vatican s press release are some expected names including Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York nbsp But there is a surprise Fr Karl Joseph Becker SJ nbsp Fr Becker is a German Jesuit priest and professor emeritus of dogmati

Last year I listed nbsp 12 things I knew at age 50 that I wish I had known at 25 Now I m a year older And if I m not wiser at least I m a bit more experienced So here are 12 really stupid things I ve done that I never want to do again Maybe you ve done some of them too But I ll bet we d both

Fans of Michael Morpurgo s popular book War Horse and the successful Broadway adaptation of the same name have been wondering how nbsp or whether director Steven Spielberg would translate the unique prose of the book it s narrated by a horse and the vision of the play the horses are nbsp play

From Catholic News Service news of papal approval of upcoming canonizations and beatifications including two from the United States a Jesuit and a Jesuit colleague VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Marianne Cope of Molokai and Blessed Kateri Tekakwi

What happens in the afterlife to an atheist nbsp Well the answer to most nbsp questions about the afterlife needs to be ldquo We don rsquo t know rdquo nbsp While Jesus spoke about the Final Judgment and offered some striking images of heaven and hell in the final analysis no human being

A few years ago I was at an awards dinner in New York City nbsp From across the room I happened to see John Cardinal Foley the longtime nbsp head of the Vatican s Pontifical Council for Social Communications nbsp Foley had just been named a cardinal after many years of being according to Vati

Today may be one of the nbsp more nbsp misunderstood feasts in the church s nbsp liturgical calendar as a result of the readings selected nbsp Even many devout Catholics think nbsp that the Immaculate nbsp Conception nbsp refers to the virgin birth that is the birth of Jesus by the Virgin Mar