Note from the Managing Editor:

Cardinal Piacenza, like many in the hierarchy, is asking the faithful to trust. Following a dramatic loss of episcopal credibility in the face of scandal, most Catholics now want to verify.

The first trial run of a metropolitan-centered strategy to contain abusive bishops has provided a spectacular public demonstration of how this plan can fail.

Once upon a time, Rome in July was a tranquil place for those whose professional activities unfold in and around the vacation.

Pope Francis' retreat from culture-war politics has left a void that politicians have been all too eager to fill.

The footnotes to the synod's working document indicate that it is at odds with how the Church — including Pope Francis — has traditionally taught about the mission.

Only snowflakes and totalitarians oppose free speech.

If we had to make a list of top athletes whose generosity is beyond question, then Novak Djokovic's name would certainly be on it.

"Custody of the eyes" means being a custodian of how we see, not pretending that we can exist by not seeing.

Australia's coalition government has proposed the introduction of legislation that would make it unlawful to discriminate against people on the ground of their religious belief or activity.

California Senate Bill 360 was removed Monday from the agenda for a meeting of the California Assembly's Public Safety Committee scheduled for July 9.

Father Peter Marielux (1825) was chaplain of the Spanish forces trying to ward off Peruvian independence.

Father Mateo Correa was a victim of the Cristero War, unwilling to betray his fellow Catholics being persecuted.

St. John Nepomucene is considered the patron saint of the sacred seal, having defended it amidst torture in the 14th century.

These two martyrs of the Spanish Civil War went to their death defending their priesthood, including the Sacramental Seal.

Blessed Richard Thirkeld became the confessor for St. Margaret Clitherow, the wife of an official of the city of York.

Blessed Fernando Olmeda Reguera wasn't about to betray his priesthood. He is one of the many victim priests of the Spanish Civil War.

The miracle concerns the healing of James Fulton Engstrom of Washington, Illinois, who was considered stillborn when he was delivered during a planned home birth in September 2010.

It seems as though there is a widespread temptation lately among Catholics — priests and laity alike — to wonder if they have chosen the right vocation.

We are living in times when many are doubling down on their sin.

"Do you really want to be a saint? Carry out the little duty of each moment: do what you ought and concentrate on what you are doing."

All is not lost, and the recent case of Christian rugby player Israel Folau's challenge to Globohomo totalitarianism is an inspiration to Catholics who increasingly find themselves and their families in the grip of enforced LGBT orthodoxy.

New survey results show that 18- to 34-year-olds are less accepting of LGBT issues than they were in previous years. Why?

Pride is a standard which cannot tolerate a common good. It must take away from the good which is common, and become the part which rules over the whole.

Why does this preposterous movement seem so plausible and righteous?

Satan knows, just as he did when he targeted Eve, that if he gets the woman, he gets everyone.

Amazon has removed the books of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, the psychologist whom critics have dubbed "the father of conversion therapy."