James Keenan, S.J., one of the most important Catholic scholars of theological ethics in the United States, traces the revered history of moral theology from the New Testament to the present in A ...

Enter the world of Jesuit Fr. James Keenan's classroom, where he crafts and delivers a gripping tale of the historical development of Catholic theological ethics from the beginning of the church to ...

February is Black History Month and marks the annual observance in the U.S. to honor the history and contributions of Black Americans to our country's cultural, social and political spheres. It is a ...

My mentor in studying moral theology, the Jesuit Josef Fuchs, once noted that “innovation” marked the agenda of most Roman Catholic moral theologians from the 1940s through the end of the 20th century ...

For more than a century, the Catholic Church financed its expansion and its institutions with profits made from the purchase and sale of people they enslaved. This chapter of Church history has only ...

A Chinese academic has published an updated version of a book that documents a complete overview of the history and evolution of Catholic dioceses in China from the 16th century to modern times, says ...

In this undated photo, G.K. Chesterton, left, receives an honorary degree from Holy Cross Father Charles L. O'Donnell, C.S.C., then president of the University of Notre Dame (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, ...

COMMENTARY: The saint carries on a tradition of powerful women religious that stretches back centuries. Mother Frances Cabrini is portrayed as speaking on equal terms with Pope Leo XIII, who supports ...