Catholic school. The words evoke a stern image: punishment meted out at a ruler’s edge, crisp and abrupt as a cassock’s collar. At Catholic school, we might believe that trouble costs because ...

Here comes another example of a Catholic school teacher violating an agreed-upon moral code of conduct and suing the Catholic school to get away with a breach of contract (”Court reinstates Catholic ...

A new study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute suggests Catholic schools somehow foster greater self-discipline and self-control in young students than public and other private schools. As someone who ...

Editor’s note: This article, a response to “The crisis in Catholic theology” by Grant Kaplan, is part of The Conversation, a new initiative of America Media offering diverse perspectives on important ...

Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day ceremonies in Washington on Jan. 20. (Evan Vucci/AP) On June 18, the U.S. Conference of ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- An influential U.S. Roman Catholic theologian says the discipline policy American bishops adopted in response to the clergy sex abuse crisis ignores priests' due-process rights and ...