The Catholic bishops met in mid-June to provide ... very coherently that using the Eucharist to punish someone for his moral choices is a complete misuse of the sacrament, which is the church ...

In advice last month for Catholic voters in America ... Francis urged voters to choose the “lesser evil,” though the moral math was up to the individual voter. But how do you choose?

What the degree of subjective responsibility of those involved in these choices ... in the Church’s moral tradition and pastoral best practices. Typically, this will be a Catholic priest ...

The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined and incarcerated.

Pro-choice religious leaders are seeking to enter in the abortion debate with views different from the Catholic hierarchy and fundamentalist leaders. Through books and forums, these leaders are ...

But they could be pretty good pastors. It’s their choice. John Kenneth White is a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America. His latest book, co-authored with Matthew Kerbel ...

is gravely contrary to the moral law” (No. 2271). Catholics for Choice, meanwhile, has been strongly criticized by Church leadership for its explicitly un-Catholic advocacy: Cardinal Timothy ...

The Catholic Church’s official line on abortion ... faces the fact that abortion may sometimes be the best decision and a truly moral choice. That does not mean there is nothing troubling about ...