The most important moral crisis of the twenty-first century may be a leading priority for Pope Francis, but it barely registers on the U.S. political radar.
The U.S. bishops' 'Faithful Citizenship' has turned out to be irrelevant to the most pressing moral and practical questions raised by the 2016 presidential contest.
A disturbing level of Catholic insularity is perhaps inevitable when church leaders frame complex religious-liberty disputes as targeted assaults on Christians.
New U.S. Census Report data on income, poverty, and health-care coverage comes as good news. But amid the recovery, millions of Americans still feel economic pain.
Journalists have been reluctant to call Donald Trump a liar, even when he lies. But the manipulative nature of his birther announcement may change things.
Despite what Donald Trump says, the country is neither a "hellhole," nor are we "going down fast." We're getting better but still have more work to do.
The powerful video images on which we fixate cannot answer the complex statistical questions needed to resolve the issue of police bias against black people.
Trump may be what sixteenth-century Catholic theologians were worried about, but Luther wouldn’t have recognized him as a Christian any more than the pope would.
The best advice for readers moved by Andrew Bacevich’s Brexit analysis is to rethink what democratic commitments require of educated and economically secure people.
Sex isn't an enjoyable activity that we can detach from things that really matter. Sex isn’t like telling a joke, drinking good wine, or watching a basketball game.
Georgetown is taking bold steps to atone for its role in the slave trade. Catholic institutions bear a special burden, but they also have a unique opportunity.
How did a shy young woman from the suburban Midwest turn into someone brave enough to travel by foot from village to village in the midst of a civil war?
Thanks to Trump, Virginia—a state that voted for Republicans in every election from 1968 to 2004—finds itself on the verge of becoming reliably Democratic.
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has long been outspoken when it comes to the intersection of religion and politics, but this is not a normal election year.
By signing one sentence asking for an exemption, the Little Sisters are not formally cooperating. They are materially cooperating only in a minor and remote sense.
