It is so obvious that every chance the media gets (both written and broadcast), it jumps on the Catholic Church and any scandal, reporting loudly "while similar scandals in other groups are not ...

NEW YORK — Linda Mele Dougherty said she is old enough to remember when many Catholics identified where they lived by their parish affiliation. In her family’s case, the parish was Our Lady of Mercy ...

On Monday, I began my review of Anna Rowlands' important book, Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times, highlighting the way Rowlands situates Catholic social teaching ...

It will be interesting to see the outcome of the big meeting playing out in the Vatican, especially on the point about whether the Catholic Church will allow women priests. Pope Francis approved ...

The differing age profiles of Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities are key to understanding the region’s shifting demography, the head of the census has said. Dr David Marshall, ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

President Donald Trump, elected in part due to his hardline immigration stance and “America First” foreign policy, has moved rapidly to reshape federal policy. Just weeks into his new administration, ...

Students at Catholic higher institutions place more of an emphasis on church activities — including going to Mass, receiving sacraments, participating in community service and following the church on ...

Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

In an effort to understand Catholic Church teaching on abortion, the media are consulting with – wait for it – non-Catholic abortion supporters. “‘Religious leaders should be asking for your ...