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A jarring dose of reality is currently rocking the already-distorted world of "LGBT-friendly" Catholics across the globe, courtesy of the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education's new resource, "Male and Female He Created Them."

Papal interviews are now quantitatively ordinary. They are marked by an increasingly worldly ethos; the unique papal voice has now become more like any number of worldly voices.

"Emanuel" commemorates the nine church members of Emanuel AME Church, who were gunned down by a 21-year-old white supremacist during Bible study on June 17, 2015.

The Notre-Dame cathedral hosted its first mass since a fire ravaged the Paris landmark almost two months ago.

David Valls, a 57-year-old former high-level executive who worked for many years for a multinational oil company, recently entered the community of Benedictine monks in Montserrat, Spain.

Her case begs the question: How long will it be until severely depressed people are allowed to commit suicide and encouraged to do so as a way to cope with their pain?

Christianity and feminism are like oil and water.

It has been suggested that this particular formation of words in English is the result of a bad or faulty translation.

Pope Francis is noted for his ambiguous statements, but I find the indeterminate meaning contained in the Abu Dhabi statement the most egregious.

As the Word made flesh, Jesus' revelation of God as Father was both free and deliberate. But why?

Expressive individualism is a universal condition in the West. But decrying individualism does not explain why some identity choices — homosexual or transgender — are acceptable, while others — traditional Roman Catholic or conservative Protestant — are not.

A former White House speechwriter opts for the more saintly option.

"Peace is the tranquility of order."

In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Roman Catholic Church on Monday cracked open the door to ordaining married, elderly men to the priesthood to meet the pastoral needs of Catholics in remote areas of the Amazon.

Because he is not related to his children with emotional or physiological ties of the same intensity as a mother's, the father of a family is in an extremely precarious position.

"NFP can feel very isolating in a culture like ours, and nobody should feel like they're going it alone."

Noted surgeon Dr. James Andrews wants to convince parents that pushing their children into year-round sports can be dangerous to the youngsters' health.

Paternity — the heart of authentic masculinity — is something a man must choose and embrace. Rites of passage are designed to help make a man of him so that he will choose it.

A list of the patron saints for all 50 states.