Praise from Father Richard John Neuhaus is high praise indeed. Here’s what Father Neuhaus has to say in the January issue of First Things about the new book by Legionary Father Thomas Williams, ...

VATICAN CITY — Defending the right of conscience is one of the most pressing challenges in the world today, and action needs to be taken now to ensure it is protected. This is according to Alan Sears, ...

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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 ...

Participants in the February 2016 conference, "Conscience and Catholic Health Care: From Clinical Contexts to Government Mandates." Conscience issues abound in Catholic health care in a pluralist ...

Few theological themes of Pope Francis have evoked as much opposition as his emphasis on conscience. Most notably, in Amoris Laetitia he said that the Catholic Church was called "to form consciences, ...

Over the past two years I have been writing about the differences between the European and American use of conscience. These differences have led me to believe that we in the United States need to ...

Judging by their attitudes to Yes voters in the referendum, it is clear some priests, and perhaps even a bishop, need to consult the Cathechism of the Catholic Church and documents of the Second ...