When The New York Times is contributing to intelligent conversations about church teaching, there is progress.

This is part one of a three-part series on Catholic colleges and universities led today by lay leaders after a history of priests or women religious at their helms Catholic colleges and universities enroll an estimated 810 000 students according to the Official Catholic Directory For decades and

Over two October days Iattended a Flannery O rsquo Connor forumin which enough people attended to make up a quorum nbsp I learned many things which I didn rsquo t know beforeabout prayer and writing and everything in between mdash About how Flannery saw it all in her prayers sight unseen how she w

A guest post from Fr Thomas Rosica CSB nbsp the English language assistant to the Holy See Press Office at the Vatican and served as English-language spokesperson at the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome nbsp Thanks to all of you who took such interest in the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops and pr

Israel-Gaza still smolders The op-ed pages news stories and recent books still argue about the outcome of the war Some even suggest that Gaza with its 2000 dead has won because it withstood Israel rsquo s overwhelming land and air attack Other commentators toy with despair because peace seems

What does the final report of the Synod on the Family mean for the church Essentially the ldquo relatio rdquo or report published today at the close of the Synod will serve as a starting point for future discussion nbsp It was also presented with great transparency including even sections