Under both the state and federal laws, charter schools are defined as public schools. They are established by the state, funded by the state, closely supervised by the state and can be unilaterally ...

For three weeks in April 2025, my “Theology of Christian Martyrdom” class studied how a group of German students and ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

In the crush of Catholic Church news in the week since Pope Francis died, a theme keeps appearing: Hope that the next pontiff will be a true conservative.

Pope Francis taught the church that the magisterium finds its clarity not merely in propositions but in acts of mercy.

When Christ prayed to His Father in Scripture, He often went out into nature — withdrawing to a deserted place, climbing up a ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change.

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the world’s largest religious institution. A period where the pope was often pitted ...

The man currently mourned by the world's 1.4 billion Catholics was a boy from a Buenos Aires barrio born to a working-class ...

Despite the outcry of traditionalists who fomented for a smaller but “purer” church, Pope Francis was willing to “ make a ...

Pope Francis leaves a legacy of advocating for social justice issues. But some Catholic communities wish he had been able to do more.