Church teaching is the same always and everywhere—except when it isn’t. Using the words “pope” and “condom” in the same sentence is bound to draw attention;...
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By Andrea Riccardi as told to Desmond O’Grady in a U.S. Catholic interview conducted by O’Grady. It had been the custom in Rome that the diocesan...
This is an article that appeared in the October 1973 issue of U.S. Catholic. We are publishing it as part of our 75th anniversary celebration. Lost in the...
1760s-70s:Inventions of the “spinning jenny,” “water frame,” and “spinningmule” replace handwoven textiles—and workers—in...
Now is not the time to rush World War II's pope to a place among the beatified. "But why now?" came the bewildered question from my fellow...
Rome is an amazing city. I lived there as a college student years ago. I was just 20 at the time, and it was an eye-opening experience for a kid who'd led...
Lawrence M. Krauss Ambrose Swasey Professor, and Director Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics CWRU July 12, 2005 His...
Instead of shooting rhetorical spitballs in the other's general direction, boosters of both science and religion should start sharing a desk. In the...
