The outcome of May’s same-sex marriage referendum in Ireland and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the same issue clearly show the extent to which Western society is abandoning many of its Christian legal foundations, said Australian Cardinal George Pell.Read More

Well-intentioned but awkwardly uneven drama about evangelical Christianity's impact on two generations of families.Read More

When Pope Francis wrote that he hopes for a poor church for the poor, one where we can find Jesus, listen to his voice and be his voice for them, I was challenged to ask, “How?” How can I best listen to our brothers and sisters in El Salvador and perhaps lend my voice for...Read More

Even if a pastoral proposal for helping a Catholic family with problems seems scandalous, it is possible God could bring healing, the pope said.Read More

Jesus made it easy. Love. Don’t judge. I love people with same-sex attraction. Every one of them – and not in some cheesy, Christian-y, weird-toothy-smiley-kind-of-way. But in a manner that invites him or her into my life, so that hopefully, we can become friends. But friends – good ones anyway – speak truth to one...Read More

Pope Francis began a visit to Ecuador July 5 by saying countries owe debt to their poor.Read More

Religious freedom is “the human right that guarantees all other rights,” Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said July 4.Read More

The Catholic Review was recently honored by the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, the Catholic Press Association and the Associated Church Press.Read More