California voters are set to ratify – or defeat – a state agreement to let two Native American tribes build casinos. In Colorado, residents will have to decide whether to allow slot machines, card ...

For example, both Mormon and Catholic doctrines preach anti-abortion and traditional family values that align with the Republican way. At the same time, church leaders also publicly adopted a Democrat ...

LOS ANGELES — A Jesuit university’s first steps to reclaim its Catholic identity have stumbled, as a search committee for a new college dean has selected as finalists two professors with records of ...

Ask any political pundit, blogger or journalist about what happened Jan. 18, 2019, and you’re bound to get one of three responses. Some would rant about the abuse of young, conservative men in pursuit ...

“Peace be with you,” is a phrase often heard in Catholic churches. But it’s election season, and not all Catholics are feeling at peace. See also: Catholic Conundrum: What’s an Anti-Abortion, ...

Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington and Chief Justice John Roberts, and his wife, Jane, talk after leaving the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington following the Red Mass Oct. 2.

The open letter sent to the pope by a group of Italian women who have been or are in relationships with Roman Catholic priests has cast a new light on the rule of priestly celibacy in his church at a ...

There’s an episode of “The West Wing” called “Hartsfield’s Landing.” President Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, brings back chess sets for senior members of his staff from a trip to India. Bartlet ...

Regarding the recent debate on birth control pills and their morality, if a Roman Catholic woman can afford to buy the pills and then uses them, is she a sinner? No one seems to address this conundrum ...