President Joe Biden has long claimed to be a serious Catholic, the kind who goes to Mass regularly and keeps a rich prayer and devotional life. At times he even claims to accept unpopular teachings of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2018, Vox commissioned me to write a story about medieval Catholic ideas and the radical transformation of American politics ...

Back in the 1980s, during a holiday get-together, one of the family elders, who was known for sweeping declarations, made a sweeping declaration: “You can’t be a Republican,” she said, “and be a good ...

All over the country, high school students are opening shiny brochures inviting them to institutions of higher education. Reading them, they will consider campus amenities, job prospects for graduates ...

As someone born and raised a Catholic and educated by the Jesuits, I am troubled by the role some Catholics seem to be playing in Donald Trump’s attempts to demolish the world’s oldest democracy. I am ...

At the time, the Catholic News Agency reported Cardinal Cupich wanted "a more supportive, clearly pro-Biden statement, and that he spent most of Wednesday trying to get the support of other bishops to ...

COMMENTARY: Every radio broadcast, every podcast, every digital stream is a kind of procession where the Word is carried into ...

When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the ...

The closure of 39 Catholic churches in Baltimore, effective Nov. 24, 2024, brings practical challenges and emotional impacts. Part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Seek the City to Come” initiative, ...

As I get older, I notice that a number of my friends are spiritual or religious. With my Catholic school background, I often wonder: why don’t I have those fine traits? Maybe it goes back to 5 th ...

In Montgomery County, Md., a group of Christian, Jewish and Muslim parents hope the Supreme Court will vote to protect their right — and the right of parents nationwide — to “opt-out” from public ...

The Baltimore Sun’s recent editorial, “Catholic Church cover-up continues; Baltimore Archdiocese still protecting those accused of wrongdoing” (May 12), once again spotlights the history of sexual ...