From the last two national elections to the current controversy over health care reform, the struggle over the Roman Catholic conscience in American politics has been in full public view. Too often in ...

There is much said today about conscience. Some of this originates in the recent debates about marriage, divorce and Holy Communion. There are some who believe that the Church should respect the ...

The argument for individual conscience: Only a deep internal exploration can distinguish between right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral, virtue and sin, honor and disgrace, etc.

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. Credit: OSV News file ...