His tone made it clear that the question was an attempted holier-than-thou gotcha moment. It was obvious that the man asking ...

U.S. bishops attend Mass on Nov. 14, 2022, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore at the start of their 2022 fall plenary assembly. (OSV ...

Prolific author Lance Lambert, well known for his stirring calls to acknowledge the place of Israel in God’s purposes, was ...

Pope will deliver year-long teaching series on restoring faith Pope Benedict kisses a baby girl during the Oct. 10, 2012 general audience in St. Peter's Square. | L'Osservatore Romano.

DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When Pope St. John Paul II authoritatively condemned abortion in 1995, he used a form similar to formulas used in earlier infallible declarations. The cathedra at St. John ...

Archbishop Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks at a news conference to present the document, "Placuit Deo," at the Vatican March 1. Archbishop Ladaria was ...

Last summer, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed the Louisiana Science Education Act into law. Although the name of the bill sounds innocuous, it is backed by the intelligent-design movement and will no doubt ...

Last week, President Obama nominated Francis Collins, a scientist renowned for his work in mapping the human genome, as the new director for the National Institutes of Health. The NIH, headquartered ...

A rainbow flag is seen in front of Kessler Park United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Dallas. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates on ...

A red herring might be defined as a rhetorical device to distract someone from the real argument. There are three such relativistic devices–heresies or red herrings–that are used in our society ...