A few hours after agitators incited by President Donald Trump breached the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, addressed the reconvened representatives, along with a vast television ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics recently hosted the conference "Conscience in Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities, and Institutional Policies." Scholars from around the world gathered to ...

Rome ou Babel: Pour un christianisme universaliste et enraciné, by Laurent Dandrieu, Artege, 400 pages. Discussions on the American right embrace a wide range of issues. From geopolitics to industrial ...

Today’s announcement of the resignations of two French bishops suffering from episcopal burnout, and the impending release of a potentially devastating report about sexual abuse allegations at ...

In his Nov. 4 New York Times opinion piece, Catholic pundit Ross Douthat argues that the reforms of Vatican II have proven disastrous for the Church over the past 60 years, in large part because the ...

On Thursday, the cardinals gathered in Rome to choose the new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics. Now, following the sighting of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, the announcement of a new ...

My column on Wednesday cast a cold eye on the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate. But this is the Lenten season, and as a longtime critic of the present pontiff, it wouldn’t be particularly ...

In the latter half of the 1800s, the Native American Party or “Know Nothings” began popularizing the slogan “Native Americans, Beware of Foreign Influence” as a means of opposing increasing ...

For example, 61 percent of Catholics who attend Mass every Sunday said that abortion should be illegal in all or most circumstances. As the life of every Saint testifies, prayer is a crucial part of ...