We knew early on that our son was as curious as he was observant. Nothing gets past him. There are the questions that a parent expects to come with this age. Then there are questions like, "Mama, have ...

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is not a typical Republican in the corporate-friendly international interventionist mold that has dominated the party for the last several decades. Since he ventured ...

Catholic social teaching is proverbially considered the church's "best kept secret." Why is that? And what can be done about it? These are among the questions that will be addressed in the next couple ...

The war in Ukraine and international efforts to initiate a peace process have put global diplomacy in the spotlight. My impression is that neither the media nor its audience fully comprehends the ...

With the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, many commentators noted that the last Leonine pontificate gave us Catholic social teaching, that branch of moral theology that rose out of the experience of ...

This column is addressed specifically to Roman Catholics and their families and friends who may often hear "Catholic social teaching requires ‘sanctuary cities'" or even an "open border." I have had ...

(RNS) — Labor Day is approaching, and just a few days later I will begin teaching my fall classes. Like every fall semester, the largest class I’ll teach will be on Catholic social teaching. This ...

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life will launch tonight in Gaston Hall with an event examining Pope Francis’ impact on American public life during his first six months as the ...

E. Christian Brugger — who has three master’s degrees and a PhD in moral theology — regularly writes a column for the ...