"From what I observed, Pope Francis did not express anger toward Fr. Martin, nor did he convey that he was unhappy with his ministry," Bishop Steven Biegler of Cheyenne, Wyoming, told NCR.
It's reasonable to feel that the U.S. Senate's failure to convict President Donald Trump is cause for despair. Yet there were heroes in the process, who stepped up for truth at a time when falsehood is the coin of the political realm.
"We have come to the conclusion that the death penalty does not work and can't be made to work, not in spite of our conservative principles, but because of them."
A new survey finds that Americans continue to oppose the idea that small-business owners should be able to refuse products or services to gay or lesbian people due to their religious beliefs.
When the 116th Congress was sworn in, it became one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history. But the incoming class of legislators is predominantly Christian — even more so than the country itself.
A group of evangelicals are drafting a bill to protect both religious freedom and LGBTQ rights. But other prominent evangelicals have already begun to criticize the effort.
Sexual assault victims say they were hurt not only by individual priests, but by church officials and ordinary Catholics who treated them with intolerance and indifference.
