Among those recognized at two theology conferences in June was Stephen Bevans, S.V.D., to whom the Catholic Theological Society of America gave its highest honor, the John Courtney Murray Award.

The patron saint of 'America' is Edmund Campion, S.J.—for several different reasons.

Walter Brueggemann's influence in the academy reached across denominations and traditions.

The Rev. David Tracy, who died on April 29, was a monumental figure in American Catholicism, renowned as a teacher, scholar, writer and mentor to thousands of theologians.

The genre of the crime-solving priest or religious might be a niche one, but it's been around on the page and the screen for more than a century.

It is not an exaggeration to say that between 1940 and 1980, the author and critic Riley Hughes reviewed well over 1,000 books for different Catholic magazines.