The strict hierarchical governance structure of the Catholic Church has the dubious advantage of simplicity and clarity along with increasing implausibility. Divine authority is claimed as its ...

Today’s Gospel is the second time in two weeks that we hear the words of Jesus: What you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Two weeks ago, ...

A recent poll suggests evangelical voters trust the former president more than religious leaders. But this problem isn’t new. The four-bar graph of the CBS/YouGov poll results, which made the rounds ...

Pope Francis has engineered a lively debate at the Synod of Bishops about gays and lesbians, divorced and remarried Catholics, and couples who live together before getting married. Yet through these ...

COVER STORY JULY 29, 1968, may prove to be a major landmark in the long history of the Roman Catholic Church—as significant, perhaps, as the moment when Martin Luther decided to post his theses on ...

A regional branch of the United Methodist Church filed suit against Southern Methodist University for amending its governance documents to separate itself from control by the church. According to the ...

Southern Methodist University and United Methodist Church have been in a legal battle over the university's authority since 2019. In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern ...

Obeying church authority involves listening to how you hear God speaking to you from the community as well from the mandates of church leaders, the head of the U.S. sisters' group that was ordered to ...