How did freedom become identified with unfettered access to cheap and abundant oil from halfway around the world?

The book is based on its authors’ decades of concrete experience with well-meaning volunteers who have tried to “do good” for people in marginalized communities in Central America.

Fewer than two in 10 U.S. Catholics hold a favorable view of Muslims, and many have little understanding of the world’s second largest religion. When asked, “What is your overall impression of Muslims?” 30 percent of those Catholics polled said they held unfavorable views, 14 perce

Small sums of financial assistance can help stabilize housing for low-income people and stave off homelessness, with its numerous related social problems, a University of Notre Dame study concluded. Targeted emergency financial assistance of a few hundred dollars for rent, security deposits, utility

Being a saint isn’t being without sin.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged Catholic lawmakers not to support “any attempt to restore the death penalty."

With a Mass near the tomb of St. Ignatius Loyola in Rome, 215 Jesuits from around the world gathered on Oct. 2 for a general congregation to elect a new superior general to replace Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., who is retiring. • Brazil’s Indigenous Missionary Council in a new report highlighted

Who are “Real” Catholics?Re Of Many Things, by Matt Malone, S.J. (9/12): Is the answer to “Who gets to say who real Catholics are?” not “the church”? Our Lord gave the church as the final arbiter in matters of sin between brothers, going so far as to say that if t

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report on Sept. 7 that calls for reining in religious liberty protections in favor of nondiscrimination statutes aimed at protecting L.G.B.T. Americans. “The phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ will stand fo

One bomb had exploded in Manhattan; perhaps there was a second. Some injuries, no fatalities. Within 10 minutes or so, most of the customers were back where they started: enjoying the evening, almost as if nothing had happened.

Bashar Assad said the U.S. lacked "the will" to join forces with Russia in fighting extremists.

“A world without color would seem dead,” she said in a 1972 interview. “Color, for me, is life.”

The Democrats are still favored to win, but they risk being caught off-guard by a desire for change.

The White Helmets were cited for "for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war."

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria is "willing to bend over backwards" to win the girls' freedom.

"Today, as in the past, religions are being manipulated to incite intolerance and hatred against individuals, groups or entire populations."

A Facebook page isn't enough.

Recently, some Catholic leaders seem jittery about protests, exercising free speech and community organizing.