Q: Since the soul cannot be seen, how can we know it is real? And the same is true of the conscience; it cannot be seen so is it a figment of imagination or the voice of God’s Spirit? — C.D. A: “And ...

His logic went something like this: “I feel good about this decision I’ve made to end my marriage. Surely God wants me to be happy and fulfilled. Since I feel it’s right, it must be right.” Right? Not ...

How can he say that? Why do they do that? What happened to their conscience? Conscience! Conscience! What is Conscience? What is so important about Conscience? What role does it really play in ...

As Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis demonstrates with his characteristic eloquence, erudition and verve in his new book, “Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey” (Jewish Lights, $19.99), we all ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Times Free Press is continuing a series of stories from readers about life experiences they attribute to divine intervention. We'll publish another each week as your stories ...

Primacy of conscience has been thrust to the fore of Church-wide discussions on marriage, contraception and homosexuality at the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. But as we saw happen in the ...

Dear Rev. Graham: Do you think we have something inside us that tells us what’s right and wrong? I used to think so, but I work in our local police department and I’ve seen people do so many evil ...

What does the 16th-century German theologian Martin Luther have to do with our Bill of Rights The answer may surprise you ...

The Church can only say that a person’s decision is not in accordance with the Church’s teaching; saying it is a sin would be playing God in people’s conscience, according to the Dean of Theology at ...

“Celeste, I don’t want you going to Coney Island today. It’s the Fourth of July, and who knows what kind of troublemakers will be there?” My friend Carl and I were planning to spend July 4, 1978, at ...