By the Sacraments of the living we mean those Sacraments that can be lawfully received only while the soul is in a state of grace -- i.e., free from mortal sin. Living and dead do not refer here ...

David DeCosse is the director of religious and Catholic ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and is a regular commentator at National Catholic Reporter. Views are his own. Lessons From ..

A. Christ has fully satisfied for our sins and after our baptism we were free from all guilt and had no satisfaction to make. But when we willfully sinned after baptism, it is but just that we ...

"Underclass" is a supposedly nonracial term, but by most definitions the underclass is mostly black, and discussions of it are full of racial undercurrents. Given the history of American race ...

The listening that has been part of the Synod of Bishops changes people, can change the Catholic Church and can change the ...

When he answered the phone in 2016, Father James Golka was happily serving as a priest in the city where he was baptized and ...

Shannon Evans, spirituality and culture editor at the National Catholic Reporter, was feeling disillusioned with contemporary Christian thinkers.

Carlo’s approach to social media is a powerful lesson for young people who often find themselves trapped in cycles of online comparison or validation-seeking. He showed that it is possible to ...

Ecobank Ghana has invested about GH¢2.2 million in four educational institutions in Ghana to mark the bank's flagship ...

Also, the Columbus Italian Festival will fill the grounds of St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church with music, dancing ...

A total of 172 homes could be built on the property of St. Francis School in Manoa -- which shut down in 2019 -- but ...

In effect, a Catholic is told your conscience is free to choose a candidate and then is told that your conscience is only free to choose a candidate in conformity with concerns about intrinsic ...