WASHINGTON (RNS) — Their Friday (Feb. 13) statement, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, outlines a series of Catholic ...

The Observer-Reporter published the AP version of Donald Trump’s appearance at the Al Smith dinner. The fundraiser for Catholic Charities honors Al Smith, who, in 1928, became the first Catholic to ...

On Wednesday, I began my review of Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis by Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny and Fr. Christian Barone, in which I looked at the beginning ...

John Carr, co-director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University and an abuse survivor, speaks during a Feb. 1, 2019, panel discussion at the Leadership ...

The famed Benedictine monastery in Camaldoli, Italy. (Credit: Vatican News.) Listen ROME – At the end of the 2007 movie “Charley Wilson’s War,” about how covert American support for the mujahadeen in ...

(RNS) — Labor Day is approaching, and just a few days later I will begin teaching my fall classes. Like every fall semester, the largest class I’ll teach will be on Catholic social teaching. This ...

This column is addressed specifically to Roman Catholics and their families and friends who may often hear "Catholic social teaching requires ‘sanctuary cities'" or even an "open border." I have had ...

During the 1980s, John Carr served as the Secretary of Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Washington, working with the archbishop then, Cardinal James Hickey, as the archdiocese greatly expanded ...