Pope Francis insisted that individual conscience be the guiding principle for Catholics negotiating the complexities of sex, marriage and family life in a major document released Friday that rejects ...

Democracy, a very precious gift, can easily be misused. This is especially apparent during elections. When we don’t think carefully about our choices, or worse, sell our votes, we throw away this gift ...

Cardinals Lorenzo Baldisseri, left, and Christoph Schoenborn show a copy of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation ' Amoris Laetitia ' (The Joy of Love) during a press conference at the Vatican, ...

Some say it would violate patients' rights and quality of care. Others say it would protect the moral integrity of health-care professionals.Either way, the 11th-hour Bush administration "right of ...

Williams, a Catholic priest, ethicist and CBS News Vatican analyst, challenges the popular notion that conscience is always an inerrant guide in this thoughtful look at a timely topic. Proposing that ...

Primacy of conscience has been thrust to the fore of Church-wide discussions on marriage, contraception and homosexuality at the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. But as we saw happen in the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 24, 2010) Our food purchases have a direct effect on the health of our environment and those who grow and harvest what we eat. Beyond Pesticides launched its Organic Food: ...

Gwyneth Paltrow is back with her latest holiday gift guide for Goop, and some of the items might burn a hole in your wallet. For starters, she's taking going to the bathroom to an entirely new level.