Eliminating a seminary diaconate is not only possible but necessary for envisioning a mature and fully formed diaconate for the future.

The reflections of Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., convinced me that Pope Francis' reframing of the scope and meaning of synods will have staying power, because it opens up a new model for the church.

Jessica Hooten Wilson builds 'Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Why Do the Heathen Rage?’: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress' around the previously unpublished manuscript pages of O’Connor’s third novel, which was never finished.

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein

Parody, Ernest Hemingway said, is a step up from writing on the wall above the urinal. He was wrong.

Opening Day is a reminder that there are, to quote Bill Veeck, only two seasons: winter and baseball.