Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.

Joe Biden’s call to codify Roe might help elect Democrats, but it will not help us resolve our differences on the issue, nor is it really meant to do so.

Limitations and rules are part of our daily lives. How do they make our lives more full?

We experience now a church where the laity matter—where, for example, a New York Times columnist without any church title can have a voice.

To act like there are no open questions about the council’s relationship to the state of the church is an act of denialism and pearl-clutching.

How many of us know real-world cheaters who have just plain gotten ahead, not despite their short-cutting but because of it?