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 ...

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 ...

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is currently grappling with a significant shortage of priests, a situation that is expected to become even more critical over the next 5 to 10 years.

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 ...