In an era when religion often gets pitted against queerness, many bigots love to claim that being transgender—along with being LGBTQ+ in general—is a sin. But is there any real basis for this claim in ...

Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage is a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice ...

If cigarettes really are cancer-breeding coffin nails, is it a sin to smoke them? Last week, in Notre Dame’s Ave Maria magazine, a top-ranking canon-law expert, the Very Rev. Francis J. Connell, dean ...

When President Donald Trump attended a prayer service at the Washington Cathedral in January, Bishop Marian Edgar Budde had a message for him. Now that he was president again, he could show “mercy” to ...

Religions are frequently blamed for regulating sex. Religions and scriptures usually tell us what is right and what is wrong (although interpretations may vary). Religions have kind of developed their ...