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If the U.S. Constitution is what five Supreme Court justices say it is, who controls the presidency and the Senate really matters, writes Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese.

If an American were in charge of running the pope's synod, it would be very different, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese.

Protestants are much more satisfied with their preaching and music than are Catholics, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

The optics of the latest meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 14-16 in Orlando, tell the story. It is not about us, Phyllis Zagano writes. The view from the pews is of men talking about men.

The bishops have avoided being sucked into partisan politics at the cost of supporting democracy, argues Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese.

Any heir takes over any legal claims against the deceased, according to estate laws. "I could get the shakes just thinking about how much I would have to pay out," one cousin told Bavarian Radio.

Topics foremost in the public's mind are not on the agenda: the war in Ukraine, the treatment of transgender people, global warming, the culture wars over public education, economic inequality, political divisions and the rise of hate groups.

Pope Francis is not cheering on either side in the Russia-Ukraine war, which is an essential quality needed in a mediator.

The American people want our politicians to act like adults rather than children. The time for political theater is over.

Three Italian environmental activists will face their second trial hearing at the Vatican on Wednesday (May 24) for having glued themselves to the famous statue "Laocoön and His Sons" in the Vatican Museums last summer.

Christian nationalism has "infiltrated" the Latino Christian community "in such a powerful way," said one clergyman, "that they are not even aware of the position they are supporting."

She is the first African woman to receive the prize, which is valued at 1.1 million British pounds (over $1.3 million).

Progressive Catholics need to confess, we are jealous. We wish we were as successful as EWTN.

Congress' budgetary process is broken, unable to enact a reasonable and flexible fiscal policy. Maybe Congress can learn something from how the church elects popes, though: Lock them in until the stalemate ends.

The Pacific Island nation spans a 30,000-island chain comprising three ethnogeographic groupings: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. As welcoming as these islands sound, over the last 30 years, global warming has been causing trouble in paradise. 

What Jesus' resurrection did to the disciples shows us what impact it should have on us.

In 2013, then-Catholic priest and would-be artist Kevin Barry McGoldrick was transferred from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the Diocese of Nashville, where he became chaplain of Aquinas College.

It’s been more than half a century since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy critics endures as a "road map" for those working on justice and equal rights.

For Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese, Earth Day 2023 will be a day of fear and hope. Hope because humanity is moving in the right direction; fear that we will not make it in time.

Many conservative Catholics are upset with Pope Francis, who they complain is changing church doctrine, but they hardly blinked when Pope Benedict got rid of Limbo, a Catholic doctrine that had been taught for centuries.