The Vatican’s proclamation serves to highlight Newman’s vision of the moral vocation of universities — reminding us that wisdom is not reducible to utility, that education is a calling, that the life ...

Several Catholic dioceses in Germany have declined to adopt a new set of guidelines for blessing couples The document ...

From the get-go, we stipulated that this was a “conversation,” not a “dialogue”; the aim was understanding, not persuasion or ...

The cardinal and professor of theology argued on July 18 that according to biblical understanding, marriage exists only ...

With no prior work on the Shroud, Moraes approached it as a neutral observer. What struck him first, he said, was the “rigid ...

The Shroud of Turin is one of the most studied and controversial religious artifacts in the world. Housed in the Cathedral of ...

The guardians of the famed Shroud of Turin are disputing the results of a recent study that purports to disprove the cloth’s ...

It is heartening to know that a Saint played a pivotal role in shaping one of the most influential books of the past two ...

From sprawling estates with vineyards to elaborate palaces and UK properties that put Downton Abbey to shame, we peek inside ...

The editors of 'America' have been opining on what you should read for over a century. Some of their suggestions have aged better than others.

Why should Illinois medical laws be expected to fall in line with Catholic doctrine? The Catholic Church lobbied hard against a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives in Illinois.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...