"The Catholic Church has been making saints for centuries, typically in a two-stage process featuring beatification and … naming of blessed persons seems to reflect a response by the Catholic Church to competition from Protestantism or …

The Catholic Church has been making saints for centuries, typically in a two-stage process featuring beatification and … naming of blessed persons seems to reflect a response by the Catholic Church to competition from Protestantism or …

Recent developments in law enforcement and the judiciary reveal the ongoing interconnections between religion, crime …, and punishment. In recent months, federal investigators have taken an interest in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania and …-of-its-kind inquiry into the Church poses new challenges for church leaders, particularly because it may place some of its clergy in …