
A newly introduced bill may soon grant relief to the country’s churches and nonprofits where political speech has been suppressed by the government-imposed Johnson Amendment which threatens the loss of tax exempt status for mentioning political candidates or issues from the pulpit or other nonprofit group.
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A new study of religious trends in America has found that children of divorced parents are significantly more likely to grow up to be nonbelievers than those whose parents’ marriage remained intact.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSScientists are revealing that the world’s first baby created from the DNA of three parents, was born in Mexico in April.
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The nation’s premier watchdog group for families has released its list of best and worst new shows of 2016.
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In spite of what the media might want us to believe, the Catholic Church is alive and well in spite of the rise of secularism, doubling in size in the last three decades and expected to increase by another 400 million by 2050.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In what is being a called a “first” for humanity, a transgender “man” has given birth to a baby produced by her and her “woman” partner.
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In an impassioned speech at a recent event, Father Michael Orsi, former Ave Maria Law School chaplain, warned the crowd that unless the faithful vote the right way in November, they may not have a church in which to worship much longer.
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Just days before the largest 40 Days for Life campaign kicks off across America, Archbishop Vincenzio Paglia, the newly appointed president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, extended the Holy See’s official endorsement of their work.
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled its 2017 commemorative stamps, one of which will Father Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-2015), long-time president of Notre Dame University and an important figure in the civil rights movement.
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A new booklet aimed at helping Catholics bring their faith into the public square – and the voting booth – says being right on all other issues doesn’t justify a vote against the sanctity of life.
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