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J.D. Vance's remarks about the order of love drew harsh reaction from many in the Catholic commentariat. But he was right.

The faith’s mandate is more arduous than J. D. Vance’s account seems to allow.

Vance is right that we have positive duties to those closest to us and to harbor ill will or feel resentment toward them is ...

Trump has encountered some resistance. Two federal judges have blocked his executive order that sought to end birthright ...

On Jan. 28, the Maine Law Court issued a highly consequential decision — one that could potentially bar civil suits by ...

Trump’s executive order permits federal agents to arrest undocumented immigrants in formerly off-limit spaces such as ...

Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their ...

Church leaders are scrambling to respond as the Trump administration makes sweeping changes in immigration policy, ranging ...

Executive orders recently signed by Trump "are causing confusion both within various agencies and with those who interact ...

Bishop David Bonnar, head of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, has designated February as 'Catholic Charities Month.' ...