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Because of differing church calendars, Western and Eastern Christians usually celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on different dates. Over the centuries, distinct Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Holy Week practices have developed. However, both Orthodox and Western Christians say celebration of the Resurrection is the most important event on the church calendar. More
“We have to take account, for moral purposes, of the duty of beneficence, the duty to come to the aid of those who suffer if we can do so without unreasonable burden,” says Louis Guenin, a lecturer on ethics in science at Harvard Medical School. More
It’s been one year since President Barack Obama lifted the Bush era’s eight-year ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. More
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On April 8, the US and Russia meet in Prague to sign a new arms control agreement. For 65 years, churches and religious groups have been involved in public conversations about the morality of nuclear weapons. More
We talk about the spreading sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church with Father Thomas Reese, SJ, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center. More
Watch more of our conversation with Father Thomas Reese, SJ, senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center, on the Catholic Church, sexual abuse, divisions over health care reform, and questions about the church’s moral authority.
Passover’s ancient themes of freedom, liberation, and transformation are sacred to Jews and shared by everyone, says Rabbi Amy Eilberg. More
“The church in Mexico has been hurt by its hesitancy and its silence,” says Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas. More
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