Even in the exceedingly unlikely event that every bishop miraculously agreed on how to approach the question of Communion and abortion, it still would not resolve the political question of abortion in favor of the Catholic position.

The proposal to exclude pro-choice Catholic politicians from the Eucharist will bring tremendously destructive consequences—not because of what it says about abortion, but because of what it says about the Eucharist.

On the fifth anniversary of the death of Daniel Berrigan, S.J., a close friend and colleague looks back on a poignant moment in their work together.

A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics in public life.

The question remains alive today, perhaps even more so after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic. But today it might be rephrased as two different questions for two different audiences: “How shall one go to confession now?” and “Why go to confession at all?”

Yesterday the AP reported the U.S. bishops plan to vote on a document that would make clear to President Biden that he must choose between receiving Communion and advocating for abortion. Our readers had some thoughts.