Daniel Berrigan knew any true encounter with God will scandalize us, destabilize us.

Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and acclaimed poet who for decades famously challenged U.S. Catholics to reject war and nuclear weapons, died on April 30. He was 94. He was a Jesuit for 76 years and a priest for 63 years.

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q & A following his Jan. 20 talk on "The Meaning of Mercy" at Santa Clara University.

Paul Ryan: There is a lot of untapped potential in this country; I have seen it firsthand.

Catholics raise voices against the use of solitary confinement.

For secular Washington, Benedict was the pope of no. For those who listened, Benedict is more the pope of and, connecting charity and truth, faith and reason.