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Greg Erlandson, Catholic News Service

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To combine faith and career is personal and at times even...

On the hallway wall leading to my office at Catholic News Service is arrayed a series of eight photographs of its previous directors. Justin McGrath,...

With the world’s declining population, Pope Francis calls us to bear...

As we await the birth of the Savior Child, it seems fitting to note that in many parts of the developed world, the lack...

Revisiting Vatican II: Whether the council failed is what much of...

Since most Catholics alive today have no lived memory of the Second Vatican Council, it remains surprising that it is -- at least for...

With God’s blessing, results of Synod of Bishops will include recovered...

Catholics have lots of opinions about their church these days, from preaching to polarization. So imagine what happens when you ask 700,000 what they...

Death penalty perspective in the United States carries on with the...

One of the maddening aspects of America's political landscape for Catholics is the inconsistencies of both political parties. Some folks may oppose the death penalty...

Taking care of women and their children should offer common ground...

The divide that separates pro-life and pro-choice advocates seems to have gotten deeper and wider since the Supreme Court's stunning reversal of 50 years...

‘This is not all there is.’ Our faith assures us there...

"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." -- Mercutio, "Romeo and Juliet" In the past two and a half months...

Post Roe: If we want to change hearts and minds, we...

In the 50th year since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion on demand, that same court has judged that case wrongly...

Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools deemed unconstitutional by U.S....

WASHINGTON -- The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected...

‘Under eight minutes and leave people with a thought, a feeling...

Here's an answer that should show up on Catholic Jeopardy: "Eight minutes." The question is: "What does Pope Francis think the ideal length of...

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