VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis insisted that individual conscience be the guiding principle for Catholics negotiating the complexities of sex, marriage and family life in a major document released ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said Friday that Catholics should look to their own consciences more than Vatican rules to negotiate the complexities of sex, marriage and family life, demanding the church ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Friday that Catholics should look to their own consciences more than Vatican rules to negotiate the complexities of sex, marriage and family life, demanding the ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury maintains three gift funds, one of which is known as the “Conscience Fund,” established in 1811. The name stuck after the Civil War when a former Army quartermaster ...

A major theme of Parshat Bereishit is sin and punishment. This goes not only for Adam and Eve, but for their son Cain as well. The first couple had not existed for very long before they transgressed ...

Men may claim the conscience is a safe guide, but all the evidence is to the contrary. Take for instance Paul the Apostle, or Saul of Tarsus as he was known before his conversion. Standing before the ...

On thorny issues such as contraception, Francis stressed that a couple's individual conscience — not dogmatic rules imposed on them across the board — must guide their decisions and the church's ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury maintains three gift funds, one of which is known as the “Conscience Fund,” established in 1811. The name stuck after the Civil War when a former Army quartermaster ...