The Last Letters of Thomas More, edited by Alvaro de Silva, Eerdmans, 2000, 208 pp.; $20 Five years after the beheading of Thomas More in 1535, his sometime royal friend and ultimate executioner ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics recently hosted the conference "Conscience in Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities, and Institutional Policies." Scholars from around the world gathered to ...

As part of the Markkula Center's yearlong series of talks on conscience, Ron Hamel, chief ethicist of the Catholic Health Association, discussed the role of conscience in Catholic health care. This is ...

The Associated Press report “U.S. bishop warns of ‘anxiety’ at pope’s summit” (The Frederick News-Post, Oct. 17) offers only what the secular media wants to report (e.g., conflict in the church). The ...

Two years ago this month, as the COVID-19 virus spread uncontrollably through large swaths of the country, much of our society shut down. Church services were suspended. We all learned about ...

Editor's note: San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy delivered the following talk Feb. 6 at the Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of San Diego. Entitled, "Conscience, ...

When we hear these words, most of us think of doctors and their moral obligation as medical professionals to provide care. However, these words are also important because of their effect on patients, ...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The announcement of a new conscience protection rule May 2 protecting health care workers who object to abortion procedures on religious grounds was welcome news to U.S. Catholic ...

A health care worker administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a Marymount University student in one of the athletic buildings on the Catholic university’s Arlington, Va., campus, during a ...