By Sue Ellen Browder | In a peculiar twist of events, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which was soundly defeated in 1982, has now resurfaced. Under the U.S. Constitution...

By Sherry Antonetti | Some variant of this question appears weekly in my life whenever I venture out into public with the kids. My standard response is, “Some days I don't." But all humor comes...

By Catholic News Agency | MUMBAI, India — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has re-elected Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Bombay, as president of the conference for a second...

By Paul Kengor | Thirty years ago this month, something critical happened in Moscow signaling the end not only of the Cold War, but of the Soviet Union itself. On Feb. 7, 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev...

By Courtney Mares/CNA. | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that a meek Christian is not weak, but defends his faith and controls his temper. “The meek person is not accommodating...