A congressman would love to see immigration reform become the top priority for the U.S. Catholic Church’s social justice agenda. Interviewing U.S...
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[Read more from Stephen Schneck on how Catholics can help the poor through politics.] You identify yourself as being a Catholic Democrat. Do you find conflicts...
In a system that increasingly favors the wealthy, Catholic teaching calls upon the government to step in and level the playing field. [Read more from Stephen...
Canon lawyer and charter member of the National Review Board Nicholas Cafardi talks about the importance of advisory boards and lay consultation. [Read more...
An attorney and charter member of the National Review Board sizes up the U.S. church’s progress on sex abuse over the last 10 years. [Read more from Nicholas...
Though some may see him as the grump of the New Testament, St. Paul is full of surprises. What’s the connection between St. Paul’s First Letter to the...
We shouldn’t get hung up on the details surrounding Jesus’ birth, says this Bible scholar. As with any scripture story, there’s more here...
The issue of women priests may be a settled matter, but that doesn’t mean a woman can’t serve the church as a deacon. Celebrating the opening of the archives...
With so many lay ecclesial ministers and directors of religious education out there, many of whom are women, why would a bishop “need” a woman as a deacon? If...
In the late 1980s, when Robert Orsi had just begun his work studying devotion to St. Jude, he had dinner with a prominent liturgist who had spent years...
