Bishops ready to continue discussion on family life The joys and challenges facing families around the world will again be front and ...

Matthew Bunson Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Document signals next phase of synod prep The newly released instrumentum laboris maps out discussions for the gathering that ...

Matthew Bunson Wednesday, July 08, 2015

“The Joys and the Hopes, the Griefs and the Anxieties” What is the importance of Gaudium et Spes?

Omar Gutiérrez Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Cardinal Wuerl releases pastoral letter on Catholic identity What does it mean to be a Catholic?

Gretchen R. Crowe Wednesday, May 27, 2015

What makes environment encyclical unusual? The pope sees 2015 as an ideal time for the Church to weigh in on ecology, but critics ...

Austen Ivereigh Wednesday, May 27, 2015

God’s creation Do not rush to criticize the pope’s encyclical on the environment, as the Church has ...

Msgr. Owen F. Campion Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Pope Francis, the environment and knee-jerk antipathy With publication of Pope Francis’ long-awaited encyclical on the environment ...

Russell Shaw Monday, May 11, 2015

The fruits of ‘Nostra Aetate’ 50 years later Bishop Mitchell Rozanski discusses the Vatican II document that improved relations ...

Matthew Bunson Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Editorial: Unseemly behavior The environment remains one of the most divisive issues facing the modern Church

Editorial Board Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Mass Media: Examining the relationship between the Church and the press From the First Vatican Council to the present day, the history of the Church and ...

Russell Shaw Sunday, March 15, 2015

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