An online publication called Faith amp Leadership published by Duke Divinity School recently approached me and asked me to consider a recent Pew study that found young Catholics to be leaving the church in large numbers and then reflect on why I remain I gave it some thought and I kept coming

A fellow In All Things blogger Fordham University Professor Tom Beaudoin is collecting data on the beliefs and practices of Catholics If you rsquo re interested in telling your story read on and take a survey From the researchers A new study is being conducted to better understand how and why

I rsquo ve never eaten at Chik-fil-A and I don rsquo t plan to go out of my way for fast-food fried chicken but many people seem quite nbsp enamored by their menu offerings and thus conflicted when deciding to boycott the company Why the boycott Chik-fil-A is a restaurant chain owned by Souther

I had the privilege last month of hearing a talk from Dr Carolyn Woo the president of Catholic Relief Services in which she highlighted the collaborative efforts of CRS across the world as it helps to alleviate global poverty CRS an organization that has inspired me for many years is the offic

Running long distances is difficult all the more so when you rsquo re the best American runner trying to capture Olympic marathon glory That rsquo s the case for Ryan Hall profiled in last Sunday rsquo s New York Times a Pentecostal Christian who incorporates fundamentalist spirituality into his

At 55 Rainer Maria Woelki is the youngest Cardinal in the Catholic Church appointed by Pope Benedict XVI and serving as the nbsp Archbishop of Berlin He recently sat down with the German newspaper Die Zeit The full interview is worth a read including his thoughts on gay relationships sentiment

Last month I listened to an interview on American Public Media rsquo s The Story with Brian Nelson a convicted murderer who had spent 12 years in solitary confinement in a prison in Illinois I could think of no better word to describe such a punishment than torture Listen to that interview here

A leading scholar in the history of Christianity predicts that a widening chasm between the laity and leaders of the Catholic Church will lead to schism in the not too distant future Diarmaid MacCulloch a professor at Oxford said that while the future of the Christian faith as a whole is bright

If you rsquo ve ever been to Washington DC and have driven up Massachusetts Avenue to get a glimpse at the impressive embassy nbsp buildings that line that street you may have seen a protestor standing in front of the Vatican embassy with a sign condemning the Pope and the abuse of children by C

Among those most concerned about the repeal of the Don rsquo t Ask Don rsquo t Tell law that barred gay men and women from serving openly in the military were some military chaplains who were afraid that their religious liberty would be threatened Now with several months of the repeal in effect