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So much has been said and written about the novel coronavirus that if words could stem a pandemic, we would... Read more
For all practical purposes or at least most, the Supreme Court likely has already decided the most important abortion-related case... Read more
“Chances are that abortion rights cases will look very different very soon.” That is the cautious assessment of Thomas H.... Read more
When the U.S. bishops gather in plenary assembly in Baltimore two months from now, their immediate task will be putting... Read more
In his exhaustive history The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914 to 1958, Cambridge University historian John Pollard expresses... Read more
Let us agree that the 44 Democratic senators whose votes last month blocked the Born Alive Protection Act aren’t monsters.... Read more
This column is being written on the eve of a much-publicized summit meeting of bishops from around the world whom... Read more
Two years after his death, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is missed for many reasons, not least among... Read more
Can a one-day conference at a university breathe life into a cause that lately appears to have stalled: involving the... Read more
One day back when I was doing media relations for the American bishops’ conference, a journalist asked me what my... Read more
Something that happened at a bishops’ meeting nearly half a century ago raises questions about the Vatican’s action last month... Read more
When thousands of prolifers turn out for the annual March for Life in Washington on January 18, four days before... Read more
Deploring the commercialization, secularization, and general thinning-out of the spiritual meaning of Christmas is part of the stock in trade... Read more
When, several weeks ago, a Christian couple who own a bakery in Northern Ireland won a court ruling allowing them... Read more
As I stood in line waiting to go to confession recently (yes, I still do that), a man who’d lately... Read more
As I think about the Senate hearings on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the entire affair takes on... Read more
“Am I Hamlet or Don Quixote?” Pope Paul VI once asked that question about himself, and whatever his answer might... Read more
What do serious, practicing Catholics think about the sex abuse crisis? To find out, you can commission a public opinion... Read more
The speaker was a highly sophisticated layman, possessor of a doctorate and professor of theology at a major Catholic university.... Read more