I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part of an ...

These are clear signs that the president-elect intends to carry out some of the worst campaign promises, including mass ...

The desire to be vindicated is as old as history itself because history cannot help but create winners and losers; history ...

Do I start with the young woman sobbing after class, wanting to know what she can do? How can she connect to others whose ...

Recently my 6-year-old was having a tough day. “I prayed that I would have a good day,” she said, sorrowfully, “but it was a ...

Is Nabokov’s novel morally offensive? Patently, it is not. We live in a universe of treacherous choices, of corruption and ...

Dalí portrays a cosmic Christ whose unbloody crucifixion appears to hold the center of the universe together while the earth ...

Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election will hang over the annual fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops.

The Vatican has announced the appointment of Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini as the new papal preacher, succeeding Cardinal ...

Giacomo Puccini, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” has been called the world’s most popular ...