Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on ...

With the university’s ten-year anniversary approaching, Fr Shamasha, its Provost, spoke to Vatican News about its original ...

Ahead of the celebration of Independence Day, Edward Furton, publications director for The National Catholic Bioethics Center ...

Let’s not forget that, once upon a time, Catholicism was quite active in those countries. The Church honors “three kings” as ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

This week on “The Spiritual Life,” Father James Martin speaks with Stephen Colbert about his experience of being a “fallen ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations.

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era ...

In his new book, 'What Makes Education Catholic?,' renowned religious education expert Thomas Groome of Boston College explores the history of Catholic education.

God’s role is often downplayed or ignored in the Declaration, with three godly references that altered history and remain ...