This is a book that teachers, Catholic clergy, members of Catholic religious orders and Catholic students and intellectuals should read. It has been described, unfortunately, as the Catholic Church’s ...

WASHINGTON -- A new introduction to the U.S. bishops' document on political responsibility reminds Catholics that some issues "involve the clear obligation to oppose intrinsic evils which can never be ...

In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple. Holy ...

I have to admit that I am not easily scandalized. Not to sound jaded or world-weary, but it takes an awful lot to shock me, and yet, as a very young priest, a simple statement spoken by an older ...

Pope Francis has written a prologue to a recently published book on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church entitled "Theology and Prevention." "Fighting against abuse means fostering and empowering ...

This is the sixth article in a multipart series; see the first, second, third, fourth and fifth articles here. Having established that Christology (which is the study of the Persons and natures of Our ...

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (AJES) was founded in 1941, with support from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, to provide a forum for continuing discussion of issues emphasized by ...