A new study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice rules out celibacy and homosexuality as causes of the Catholic sexual abuse crisis. More →

May 20, 2011

Praying with the relics of a saint, says Walters Art Museum curator Martina Bagnoli, was “a kind of way of channeling your prayer to heaven.” More →

May 6, 2011

The Catholic Church’s complex system for declaring someone a saint has evolved since the thirteenth century. More →

April 29, 2011

Watch more about the deeply personal roles saints can play for individual Catholics. More →

April 29, 2011

Watch more about the documentation that must be gathered before someone can be proclaimed a saint. More →

April 29, 2011

Doctors and patients make health care decisions, says Dr. Bruce Silva of the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, “but then it has to be okay’d by someone else who puts their belief systems and their ethics on me and on my patients.” More →

March 25, 2011

Writer Mary Karr says what struck her about Catholicism “wasn’t the grandeur of the Mass, it was the simple faith of the people” and “the carnality of the church. There was a body on the cross.” More →

March 4, 2011

“I don’t sing like a showman,” says the famous baritone who began singing in 1947 for evangelist Billy Graham’s crusade ministry. “That’s the opposite of the way I feel.” More →

February 11, 2011

Join our discussion of the most anticipated religion and ethics news stories in the year ahead. More →

December 30, 2010

Look back at excerpts from our conversations with reporters over the past 10 years about religion and its changing role in our world.
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December 22, 2010