The Jesus movement of the first century was a group of mostly Jewish followers who were of little social importance and who often met in homes—a far cry from...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
Far from being a threat to faith, modern science is an invitation to get better acquainted with the force behind the universe. How can you believe in...
The pope’s stance on health care may be hard pill to swallow for opponents of reform. More than 100 million people a year across the world are driven into...
Are our ethics keeping pace with the current genetic revolution? Fifty years ago, when geneticist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick uncovered the...
A year after an earthquake killed more than 230,000, Haiti rebuilds its communities on a strong foundation: the country’s brave and faithful women. To get to...
As a Catholic school kid living in the Bible belt South, I grew up as a religious minority. When I was invited to attend an interfaith conference in Jordan...
What’s the point of being a Christian? Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. answers this question in a book and this 2006 interview with U.S. Catholic. He...
Can my Buddhist husband be saved? What about my Jewish neighbors and my sister-in-law who is an atheist? An ancient doctrine says extra ecclesiam nulla salus...
Catholic tradition still has answers for the questions of the contemporary world, says the former Master-General of the Dominican order. For someone who was...
These celestial beings are elusive and mysterious—but totally necessary. Once upon a time I believed in angels. Then I got older and gave up childish...
