A sociological analysis of the periodically recurring cycles of Roman Catholic religious life, applying the theories and research on large-scale social movement

Behind the lurid headlines: why the Church in America declined. Forty years ago, three powerful forces capsized the Catholic Church in America. These pages deta

It is perhaps the critical issue of our time: How can we, as human beings, find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living bein

There is currently no shared language of vocation among Catholics in the developed, post-modern world of Europe and North America. The decline in practice of th

Fifty years ago, nearly 200,000 religious sisters worked in Catholic schools, hospitals and other institutions throughout the United States. American Catholics