News in Brief The Vatican and the GOP: What Republican Casuistry Says About Pope Francis Compassion has often counted as a "maverick" quality in the Holy See. Now Republicans are calling it political. Ted Scheinman
Social Justice The Majority of Catholic Republicans Believe in Climate Change The Pope's recent encyclical will fall on receptive ears. Wes Judd
News in Brief Guess What? Traditional Marriage Doesn’t Exist Worried about the government accepting gay marriages? It only pretty recently started accepting straight ones. Daniel Luzer
Social Justice Pope Benedict the Liberal: America’s Misunderstanding of the Outgoing Pontiff Pope Benedict XVI was typecast in American eyes as 'God's Rottweiler,' an unyielding champion of the Catholic Church's conservative side. But the real Benedict had more dimensions, some of them at odds with with his North American stereotype. Benjamin J. Dueholm
Social Justice Passing the Plate and the Peter-Paul Problem Data from one Catholic parish suggest donations to the general operating funds dip on Sundays when a second collection is held. Tom Jacobs
Business & Economics Economics Previous Site Sections The Cash Benefits of a Catholic Education Better teachers in Catholic high schools and more semesters of math and language boost student earnings later in life, a study shows. Melinda Burns
Social Justice Bishop Pieronek and the Holocaust East and West remember World War II in different ways. Michael Scott Moore