"Nun" was pretty low on the list of Sister Barbara's early career options. "I certainly did not intend to become a sister," she says recently, standing outside her modest Missouri apartment in jeans ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...

I realize the title of this article may sound like an oxymoron. However, the original Protestant Reformers never viewed themselves as abandoning the Catholic Church. The term “Catholic,” which simply ...

Pope Francis led Catholics around the world for a dozen years, and for some younger adults he is the pope they thought of as their own - concerned about the environment, the poor and peace. NPR ...

I first encountered the Catholic Worker movement, its co-founder Dorothy Day and the concept of pacifism through Day's autobiography, The Long Loneliness, as a young 20-something in early 2013 — and I ...

Anti-abortion activists hold rosaries and pray outside a clinic that provides abortion services. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) "Nun" was pretty low on the list of Sister Barbara's early career ...