VOTING CATHOLIC: SHOULD CATHOLICS EVER BE SINGLE-ISSUE VOTERS?
Catholic teaching is always that in your core of your heart, when you are just there with God, after you’ve listened to the teachings of the church, after you’ve listened to other issues.... You sit down and you pray and ask what is God calling you to do?
POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR CIVIL UNION LAWS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES
In a new documentary, Pope Francis has called for the creation of civil union laws for same-sex couples, in remarks that break from the Catholic Church’s official teaching and mark his clearest support to date for the issue.
WHY THE POPE'S COMMENTS ON CIVIL UNIONS ARE SO MOMENTOUS
Some will say this is a new departure given the Vatican’s past opposition to civil unions, but the Pope has stressed that on the LGBT question he is following the Church's catechism which states that gay people be treated with “respect, compassion and sensitivity”.
POPE FRANCIS’ SUPPORT FOR CIVIL UNIONS IS A CALL TO JUSTICE – AND NOTHING NEW
The pope’s support for civil unions does not change Catholic doctrine about marriage or sexuality. The church still teaches – and will go on teaching – that, in the Catholic view, marriage – different from civil unions – is between a man and a woman.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF PEACE
A collection of Catholic theologians, historians, and political theorists offer reflections on different aspects of the Pope’s new encyclical, and the challenge it holds out for our times.
'FRATELLI TUTTI' SEEN AS SPEAKING TO A DIVIDED U.S. CHURCH AND COUNTRY
The release of Pope Francis' latest encyclical has been greeted by a number of leading U.S. Catholics as a letter that speaks directly to a deeply polarized church and country struggling to overcome racial, economic and political divides.
