Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
When he speaks with reporters, Pope Francis often sounds like an old journalism professor reminding them to ask the right questions and to fact-check their stories. Addressing the Foreign Press Association of Italy on May 18, the Holy Father emphasized familiar themes
Seeing their best chance in decades to overturn Roe v. Wade, state legislators across the country are passing new laws to restrict abortion that they and their pro-life allies expect will be struck down in the federal courts. The strategy behind passing
The woman behind the register at the coffee shop barely looked at Deacon Charles “Gino” Galley as he ordered his coffee after Mass one Sunday morning. Deacon Galley, 32, was wearing his clericals after having just been ordained to the transitional diaconate
In this week's In Focus, Russel Shaw writes, Regardless of his personality or character, his virtue or personal courage, virtually any Catholic priest would rather go to jail than betray a penitent who comes to him for confession. Here's an explanation why.
Advocate for the intellectually disabled, founder of L’Arche communities lived ‘radical Gospel message’
High school grads of the Class of 2019 are formed to pursue a vocation of service and faith in their communities
Catholics debate the line between art and explicit content, asking when does entertainment cross into pornography?
The so-called Green New Deal, particularly because of its lead congressional sponsor, is controversial and polarizing, but the broad vision it articulates for environmental justice appears to be compatible with the Catholic social teaching principle of caring for God’s creation. Without commenting
Americans who do not identify with any religion — the so-called “nones” — are now as big a part of the country’s population as Catholics and evangelical Christians, according to data from the General Social Survey. The survey, which interviewed more than
Catholic leaders share coalition strategies to push back against ‘aid-in-dying’ lobby