Twenty-five years have passed since the publication of the encyclical Veritatis splendor, addressed by Pope St John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church. In an interview with Vatican News, ...

written by Kimberley Heatherington 3:33 PM November 10, 2025 The bishops are expected to address the subject of immigration at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops‘ Nov. 10-13 plenary meeting in ...

(OSV News) — Human dignity comes “not from government, but from our loving God,” Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Oregon, declared in a Nov. 8 statement regarding recent immigration ...

It’s a fundamental cornerstone of American personal freedom – that, according to the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, ...

A deeper examination of Pope St. John Paul II’s “Veritatis Splendor” will illustrate how some interpretations of “Amoris Laetitia” are incompatible with the Catholic Church’s moral tradition. It is ...

In his dramatic, scholarly, and pastoral writings, but even more in the witness of his life, John Paul embodied the splendor of truth, the very phrase that served as the title for his important ...

Dignitas Infinita, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's recent document on human dignity, has provoked a variety of responses, very few of which reflect the kind of engagement with the church ...

(OSV News) -- In his groundbreaking document on Catholic moral principles, "Veritatis Splendor," St. John Paul II dedicates many paragraphs to the question of freedom, articulating it as an authentic ...

This is part one of a two-part series on “Veritatis Splendor” during the 30th anniversary year of the promulgation of the text. (OSV News) — Promulgated Aug. 6, 1993, by St. John Paul II, “Veritatis ...

(OSV News) -- Aug. 6 marked the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II's encyclical "Veritatis Splendor" ("The Splendor of Truth"). It is the first and only papal encyclical focused on moral theology.

This fall, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Pittsford is offering an academic conference plus a new initiative for the “ongoing formation of mind and heart,” according to Bernadette ...