ROME – If you were an American Catholic who carved out space midday Friday to watch Pope Francis lead the traditional Christmas Eve Mass, you may have tripped over a section of his homily in which, ...

Mark Shea's new book The Church's Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching is not the most sophisticated theological book you will read this year. But, if you were starting a ...

I don’t understand why Roman Catholics will not be real Catholics. They claim to be this. But they obviously fail, not just because some of them follow the Roman rite, but because they cannot stand ...

The Catholic tradition on conscience is very extensive, while being quite unified. One may wonder, if the teaching is so unified, why there would be so much to say. The reason is because the tradition ...

The challenges for Catholicism in the modern world. Hosted by Ross Douthat Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross ...

(RNS) — Pew Research Center's understanding is that the belief that the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Christ is central to the Catholic faith. As such, we sought to measure what American ...

States Went All In on Sports Gambling — and Young Men Are the Losers In a fractured, polarized time, the Church has a unique appeal for younger generations. Let them in. In addition to the difficult ...

COMMENTARY: A hollow adherence to rules weakens faith, but when Church teachings are properly understood, they free us to live in a ‘law of love.’ Detail of mosaic showing the Sacred Heart, the ...

Academic scholars including historians and theologians have stressed the need for more focus and efforts on studies on the richness and diversity of Catholicism in Asia, which they say, remain largely ...

Through the generosity of Mike and Phyllis Shea, David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has spearheaded a project on the theology of ...