In 2018, Vox commissioned me to write a story about medieval Catholic ideas and the radical transformation of American politics that had vaulted Donald Trump to the presidency. I thought it would be ...

President Joe Biden has long claimed to be a serious Catholic, the kind who goes to Mass regularly and keeps a rich prayer and devotional life. At times he even claims to accept unpopular teachings of ...

Back in the 1980s, during a holiday get-together, one of the family elders, who was known for sweeping declarations, made a sweeping declaration: “You can’t be a Republican,” she said, “and be a good ...

Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the ...

All over the country, high school students are opening shiny brochures inviting them to institutions of higher education. Reading them, they will consider campus amenities, job prospects for graduates ...

At the time, the Catholic News Agency reported Cardinal Cupich wanted "a more supportive, clearly pro-Biden statement, and that he spent most of Wednesday trying to get the support of other bishops to ...

Many reasons justify a sense of shame: possessing stolen goods, lying to your friends, cheating at cards, taking credit for something you did not do, dishonoring your parents —the list goes on. But ...

As someone born and raised a Catholic and educated by the Jesuits, I am troubled by the role some Catholics seem to be playing in Donald Trump’s attempts to demolish the world’s oldest democracy. I am ...

The closure of 39 Catholic churches in Baltimore, effective Nov. 24, 2024, brings practical challenges and emotional impacts. Part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Seek the City to Come” initiative, ...

When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the ...

The Baltimore Sun’s recent editorial, “Catholic Church cover-up continues; Baltimore Archdiocese still protecting those accused of wrongdoing” (May 12), once again spotlights the history of sexual ...