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Why Joe Biden was denied communion at a church

Bruce T. Morrill, Vanderbilt University Former Vice President Joseph Biden, who is a Roman Catholic, recently stopped on the campaign trail to attend Sunday Mass...

Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous...

Malinda Maynor Lowery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Increasingly, Columbus Day is giving people pause. More and more towns and cities across the country...

Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous...

Malinda Maynor Lowery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Increasingly, Columbus Day is giving people pause. More and more towns and cities across the...

The history of the cross and its many meanings over the...

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross. With...

Exorcisms have been part of Christianity for centuries

S. Kyle Johnson, Boston College “The Exorcist,” a horror film released 45 years ago, is a terrifying depiction of supernatural evil. The film tells the...

How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition

Diane Winston, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Tinseled trees and snowy landscapes are not the only signs of the upcoming...

Can you be Christian and support the death penalty?

Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used...

How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control

Lisa McClain, Boise State University This month marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark “Humanae Vitae,” Pope Paul VI’s strict prohibition against artificial contraception, issued...

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