The Catholic Church’s teachings on ‘just war’ have guided leaders’ long history of opposing many military interventions.
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The most pressing challenge facing African Catholicism is how to wean itself from western resources.
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.
Christian history shows how bishops have used bold speech to challenge the powerful.
Cardinals play an important role, whether in serving as papal ambassadors or in shaping public opinion, and they have done so over the centuries.
The Vatican plans to set up an ‘observatory’ to investigate apparitions of the Virgin Mary. A scholar of global Christianity explains why this is a major shift in how apparitions are authenticated.
In the 1960s, the Catholic Church sought to downplay demonic possession, but its views since then have changed.
Relics often provided a way to bring more pilgrims into a church – and therefore, more offerings.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight on the views of the Russian Orthodox Church. A scholar of Russian religion explains the structure and history of Orthodox Christianity.
Pope Francis formally opened a two-year process called a “synod on synodality” for the Catholic Church on Oct. 10.
Prayers and symbols have the power to bind people together, writes a religion scholar, and so it is important to understand the history and context of Good Friday prayers.
Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died at the age of 15, is on the path to becoming a saint. A scholar explains the long history of child saints in the Catholic Church.
Early Christians were urged to ‘supervise’ one another. In the present times, that theology is often used by the Vatican for a religious investigation a known as the apostolic visitation.
Seven US bishops have been removed for covering up clergy sexual abuse since 2015 after decades of no accountability. An expert explains how Catholic movements and whistleblowers forced this change.
The Catholic survivor movement in the United States was founded by two women: Jeanne Miller and Marilyn Steffel, in the late 1980s. It has taken close to 30 years for the Vatican to take action.
Pope Francis has been accused of a cover-up in the sex abuse scandal involving Theodore McCarrick, a former archbishop. Experts explain why it’s hard for the Catholic Church to hold clergy accountable.
In the wake of new revelations about clergy sex abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, civil lawsuits brought by abuse victims may be the only effective way to hold Catholic church officials accountable.
In response to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia, conservative clergy have hardened their stance against it, causing even more pain for same-sex Christian couples.
The passing of Cardinal Bernard Law is another moment to revisit the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church and why it remains a challenge.
A liturgy expert explains that until the 12th century local bishops made decisions on Catholic liturgical practices even though the Catholic Mass was celebrated in Latin until 1970. How did that change?
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of History and Asian Languages and Culture, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Christian History and Theology, University of Exeter
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Honorary Research Fellow, Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity
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Research Professor, World Christianity and African Studies, DePaul University
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross