Pope settles decades-long Catholic debate on role of Virgin Mary - Recent popes have disagreed on how to refer to the mother ...

Rarely do I venture into the murky and deep waters of theological debate in this column. The goal, as always, is to seek unity and shared understandings among those open to a faith-based perspective, ...

Each year, All Souls’ Day and the Month of All Souls renew age-old questions about life, death and the mystery that unites both. In popular culture, ghosts are often imagined as spirits trapped ...

Mary’s contribution to human salvation, specifically the title of “Co-Redemptrix” (“Co-Redeemer”) has been a point of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Is God's saving grace free to anyone who accepts Jesus, or did God predestine certain people for heaven and hell before the beginning of the world? That's a 500-year-old ...

It’s been centuries since Luther nailed his theses to a church door, but the Internet is reintroducing theological debate to the public square. Not long after he began his pastorate in Amsterdam in ...

A debate over gun rights on church grounds turned theological Thursday in the state House. House lawmakers were debating House Bill 134, titled the "Second Amendment Protection Act." The omnibus bill ...

Debates about "Star Wars" theology have come a long way since kids in the first "Star Wars generation" asked: "Is the Force the same thing as God?" Later, kids viewing the second George Lucas trilogy ...