It is, as we say, “original.” It is larger than us, inherent in the life to which we are born, the humanity we join. We are ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr ...

Through the generosity of Mike and Phyllis Shea, David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has spearheaded a project on the theology of ...

Join Catholics worldwide in observing Lent 2026 with Pope Leo XIV's call for peace and reflection. Find out the mass schedules in Dubai and embrace the spiritual journey of faith and renewal.

We erect a charitable epitaph for Professor Ayodele Olukotun who, three years ago, bid this world farewell for an engagement in eternity ...

From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans ...

Jew-haters think their time has come. The proper response to this war against the Jewsh people is not to deflect it, but to ...

"I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from ...

Lynn Gendusa urges readers to clear the “moral fog” by rejecting excuses, naming wrong as wrong, and grounding personal and political choices in truth and faith.

Have you heard of the word "indulgence" but aren't exactly sure what it means? You’re not alone. Indulgences come with a lot of baggage. Many people -- even some Catholics -- consider indulgences a ...

David E. DeCosse (@daviddecosse.bsky.social) is the director of the Religious & Catholic Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. We are ...