Religious leaders can play a powerful role in restoring public trust in science as a force for good. Around the world, we are "witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or ...

For more than a century, critics of Christianity have argued that modern science rendered religious belief obsolete. Father Dave Heney — a Catholic priest and archaeologist — says the opposite is true ...

(RNS) — Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new (June 16) Pontifical Academy of Sciences ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...

Much of higher education as we know it was created by the Catholic Church in Europe, which founded institutions that have lasted longer than most nation-states. In this country, the Church built ...

On the question of political affiliation — Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative — how do American Catholics compare with other religious denominations? And what could it mean for the ...