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The Vatican cannot eliminate financial corruption as long as the Secretariat of State holds effective veto power over the Secretariat for the Economy.

Archbishop Chaput talks papal honors and new books.

The Reddit audience — mostly young men between the ages of eighteen and thirty — are especially interested in four major themes.

It is true that John Paul II's teaching that women cannot be ordained is not a dogma. But the Church teaches with absolute certainty many things that are not dogmas.

The Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas is starting a Maria Goretti Network chapter at St. Joseph Church in Conway, aimed at accompanying abuse victims on their journey of healing.

The abbot of Farnborough, Dom Cuthbert Brogan, shared with us pictures of some of the splendid liturgical objects made especially for the Mass celebrated for the last French Empress, Eugenie.

Putting a crucifix on the wall of your home is not primarily for the benefit of any visitors who might see it. It's for yourself.

Prayer is not always about things with which we are comfortable.

I can only conclude that it is not for the sake of a picture that a picture is taken, but for the sake of the taking. The desire is not for a captured picture but for capture.

Since 2004, the drug Lupron has been linked to almost 20,000 "serious" adverse reactions, including over 6,000 deaths.

Doomsday language promotes panic, and panic leads to moral compromise. When people panic, they feel justified in ignoring facts. That is, unfortunately, the defining characteristic of the environmental movement.

The Gnostics tell a captivating counterstory to the Christian story of salvation history, and Gnosticism allows one to reject traditional Christianity while still claiming the name.

In the unlikely event that the president is removed from office, will his removal aid measurably in restoring our political conversation to any level of renewed civility?

Just over half of California's registered voters have considered leaving the state, with soaring housing costs cited as the most common reason for wanting to move, according to a new poll.

According to experts, California made homelessness worse by making perfect housing the enemy of good housing, by liberalizing drug laws, and by opposing mandatory treatment for mental illness and drug addiction.

While the Sexual Revolution was unfathomably destructive, it can't be blamed for everything. It's not just that Christian singles are sparse: even where they are plentiful, they often have a maddening inability to enter into relationships.

Mothers' happiness makes nearly twice as much difference to family life.

As more and more Catholic artists have become prominent and openly discuss the relationship between their vocation and their spiritual and cultural formation as Catholics, it is becoming more acceptable to be Catholic. We have proven that we can be faithful and also be smart, that we can be Catholic and good at our art.

Joker is being challenged for fear of its potential influence on unstable viewers in an unstable culture: it features a lonely, mentally ill man in a very real, unfeeling world who descends into homicidal insanity as a means of escape.