Samantha Stephenson, writer and host of the “Brave New Us” podcast, explores the question: “What does the Church teach about gender identity?” “It’s Pride Month, and controversies over gender ideology are raging. The release of the documentary ‘What Is a Woman?’ by
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that as the country awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on a Mississippi case that could have wide-ranging implications on abortion, it will be vital that Catholics understand why the Church teaches what it does in regard to the
The Catholic Church has a treasure chest that may be unknown to some people or rarely opened by others. The treasures inside are the many teaching documents written by the magisterium, the official teaching office of the Church that consists of the
When is the last time you cracked open the Catechism of the Catholic Church? Odds are, it's sitting on your bookshelf collecting dust.
A new global project, Real + True, seeks to "unlock" the catechism and modernize the way church teaching is presented
After a yearslong process, Catholic youth and young adult leaders on Tuesday presented the final report from the National Dialogue on Catholic Pastoral Ministry with Youth and Young Adults. Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Brian Fraga reports that a consistent theme that
A special working group of the U.S. bishops formed last November to deal with conflicts that could arise between the policies of President Joe Biden, a Catholic, and church teaching has completed its work, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said in
Marcel LeJeune asks the questions: What should we do with Catholics who exhibit imperfect faith? And what are some strategic responses? We have to be careful about coming to decisions about the state of any particular person’s faith and making public comments
Msgr. Owen Campion writes in his latest column that respect for human life experienced two serious setbacks as 2020 came to an end, and each occurred in a very unexpected place. In Spain, which is overwhelmingly Catholic, the country’s parliament moved toward
On Jan. 20, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States — the second Catholic in 232 years to attain that office. Two days after President Biden’s inauguration, the country will mark the 48th
Ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Monsignor Owen Campion addresses the challenges that the Church will face by having a Catholic in the White House who will work toward policies that go against Church teaching. He writes: The