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Pope Francis said he is ashamed of the Church's failure to listen to victims, and urged all the baptized to make a commitment to ending the culture of abuse and cover-up.

Three weeks after he instructed the German bishops to find a 'possible unanimous' solution on their own, the Holy Father told them to abandon their proposal instead.

Today's political challenges do not stem from low productivity growth or inadequate incentives for investment. They arise because of the weakening of the three necessary societies (church, political community, and family) and the resulting decline in solidarity.

"Many people will tell you to go out and conquer the world, climb mountains, and do great things. The truth is we are fortunate if we can conquer ourselves."

Why is it that we get to love, joy, and friendship only by way of obedience to God's commands?

Notre Dame was right that all people, including Jews, Muslims, Hindus, pantheists, and atheists, are made in God's image. But that does not mean Catholics should join in prayer to their gods.

We are neglecting the humanities, which offer a true understanding of the human heart, in order to develop better touchscreens and smartphone apps, so that our youth can get better horoscopes and learn new yoga poses.

Against a grim backdrop of rising suicide rates among American women, new research has revealed a blinding shaft of light: One group of women — practicing Catholics — appears to have bucked the national trend toward despair and self-harm.

The San Francisco Library has allowed a group of misogynist males to take over public space in order to promote violence against women as an art form. To some radical trans activists, "TERFs" — a slur for females who critique gender ideology — deserve to be murdered for denying that someone with a man's body can really be a woman.

Catholics in the Diocese of Cleveland help hundreds of refugees resettle and integrate into the US every year.

This case was ultimately about what citizenship demands and permits. There will be a next case, and it will probably be much more troubling.

Even small acts of selflessness can heal a seemingly broken union.

Did the sexual revolution lead to the storm of sexual assault and harassment?

What must we do in a system where respect must be paid to all, but many fundamentally and passionately disagree on what is moral and what is not?

Stephanie Packer, a Catholic mother of four from California, tells the Register why she and others suffering from terminal illness need holistic support, not assisted suicide.

A plan for building on anti-abortion successes.

Anthony Bourdain's death is tragic and, though all deaths are eventually expected, his death and others that don't appear to occur in God's time and according to God's ways, strike us with particular impact and are worth some reflection.

God uses our difficult circumstances to transform us into saints. But when we are hit by real hardship, most of us do not embrace this opportunity to grow with joy.

We need our doctors to take our symptoms seriously — any way we can.