Biden ran a somnolent campaign. Trump thought that was a bug. It was actually a feature.
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The move to remove the financial authority of the Vatican department vindicates the financial reforms first undertaken by Cardinal George Pell.
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The Vatican’s communications apparatus does grave disservice to Pope Francis and the Catholic faithful for not clarifying his comments.
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American political candidates routinely speak about their country as the greatest political, economic and cultural achievement in the history of mankind. But does anyone sincerely believe that about America today?
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Reflecting on the example of the new beatus can stretch the expectations and broaden the horizons of contemporary U.S. Catholics.
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On Nov. 1, the solemn feast of All Saints, the Toronto Oratory celebrated its 45th anniversary, a suitable occasion to reflect on how the Oratory of St. Philip Neri makes Newman’s presence come alive in Toronto.
Read MoreThe mass murder and beheading in Nice was unusual only in the severity of the attack; that a church in France would be attacked is a part of daily life.
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The 38-year-old Knights of Columbus founder, who will be beatified Oct. 31, is recognized for starting the fraternal organization, but it was in his dedication to his parochial mission where his heroic holiness was lived.
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Fratelli Tutti appears to suggest that military defeat of tyranny should be replaced with diplomatic dialogue.
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The story of abortion law in the United States for the last 40 years is very much a story about Catholics in public life.
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Catholics in the U.S. will pay most attention to the elevation of Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., whose appointment is a sign that some power centers matter more than others.
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The present moment demonstrates how much American politics have shifted since 1984.
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Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time.
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There is less in the Holy Father’s comments than meets the eye, but it remains a significant statement, and what exactly it means remains unclear.
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Coons’ grilling of Barrett over contraception employed a reverse theology of the body that contrasts radically with what JPII taught about the ‘language’ of conjugal self-giving.
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After generations of governments at all levels promoting recycling with salvific zeal, we now have the confession: recycling of plastics has mostly been a crock.
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This is a debate we should be having now, as the pandemic has caused the ground to shift on unemployment and government assistance.
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If the children, so engagingly acted in the current film, can overcome their fear with faith, why not adults, too?
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