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

Is it harmless fun, some form of cultural expression, sectarian provocation, or just a case of the Old Testament meets an ...

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

Matthew Becklo discusses his new book and its themes, from polarization and the present spiritual crisis to 'heaven-earth ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...