The Catholic Church has communicated with its flock throughout the centuries by means of papal bulls. But what on earth is a papal bull?

With “Cowboy Carter,” her eighth studio album, Beyoncé not only explores the longed-for and carelessly and/or intentionally erased Black past in country music, but also moves the genre forward into a hopefully more expansive future.

Eliminating a seminary diaconate is not only possible but necessary for envisioning a mature and fully formed diaconate for the future.

The reflections of Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., convinced me that Pope Francis' reframing of the scope and meaning of synods will have staying power, because it opens up a new model for the church.

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein

Parody, Ernest Hemingway said, is a step up from writing on the wall above the urinal. He was wrong.