I recently attended a dialogue session held by a former archdiocesan official here in Chicago about the current devastating situation...

Sometimes when a decision confronts us, it’s expected that we as Christians would turn to the church for advice. Issues...

Being an ecclesiologist these days is a difficult gig. Hours after the flurry of recent activity involving the American and...

Recently Pope Francis made a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church which demands exactly such profound moral thinking....

Many experts argue that Pope Francis’ homily on Oct. 17, 2015 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the institution of the...

Women pray before the crucifix in the Church of Pope Saint Marcello on Via del Corso in Rome. As I...

New Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, greets fellow cardinals during a consistory at which Pope Francis created 14 new...

The 2018 Catholic Theological Society of America convention in Indianapolis will likely be remembered by future theologians for two powerful...

Many years ago a philosophy professor assigned my class to watch Wim Wenders’ “Der Himmel über Berlin” (called in English...

Pope Francis listens as Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, offers an explanation during the pope’s visit to a new...