A recently-published study by CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate) raises concern for me about the role of US Catholic women in the Church. The study, Catholic Women in the United ...

WASHINGTON -- The dignity and respect of the human person is the cornerstone of the U.S. bishops' new study guide on torture as a moral issue. The guide, titled "Torture: Torture Is a Moral Issue, a ...

Fifty days after Easter we celebrate Pentecost Sunday (Pentecost is Greek for “50th day”), commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For this reason, Pentecost is also known as the ...

Converts make up 8% of U.S. Catholics. The remaining 92% of U.S. Catholics were raised in the faith and still identify with ...

The National Catholic Educational Association, in collaboration with Boston College's Urban Catholic Teachers Corps and BC’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development, has launched a national ...

Against a grim backdrop of rising suicide rates among American women, new research has revealed a blinding shaft of light: One group of women — practicing Catholics — appears to have bucked the ...

Neal Katyal Blows Up His Career as a Supreme Court Advocate This Is What It Looks Like When a Great Power Is Losing a War Trump Admin Appealing Trade Court’s Invalidation of Section 122 Tariffs The ...

One-fifth of the people in the United States are Catholic, but nearly half of U.S. adults have some connection to the church, according to a study by the Pew Research Center released today. That ...

A major new study endorsed by 60 top international scholars, including former president of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese, has called for an “urgent” change in Catholic teaching on gay relationships ...

Australia has published a long-running report on child abuse in the Catholic Church. Celibate priest perpetrators offended because they were "terrorized with their own sexual desires," a report ...