We have to ask if the idea of vocation as a stable place in the world applies to the way careers operate in the American economy.

The lives of readers are likely to be not only longer but deeper.

Incompatible PositionsRe “Defend the Hyde Amendment” (Editorial, 8/15): There is no such thing as a pro-life Democratic Party position. It was excluded from the party in 1992 when they refused to let Pennsylvania’s Gov. Bob Casey Sr. (a defendant in that year’s Supreme Court

Water lapped at the heels of the Rev. Michael Galea, the still steady rain a constant reminder of Mother Nature’s unfinished business. Father Galea, pastor at Holy Rosary Church in St. Amant, La., estimated that as many as 90 percent of his parishioners had been affected in some way during the

U.S. Catholic leaders and some of Iran’s top religious figures issued a joint declaration that calls for the end of weapons of mass destruction and of terrorism and of assigning blame for terrorist acts to an entire religion. “Christianity and Islam share a commitment to love and respect

The borough’s Bangladeshi community remained tense more than a week after two men were gunned down a few blocks from a humble storefront mosque in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens on Aug. 13. Jewel Chowdhury, the general secretary of the Jalalabad Association of America, says the Muslim c

In an interview with James Martin, S.J., Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. speaks of her early mystical experiences and her struggles with the “dark night.” The full interview includes the complete transcript and full audio.

Francis made the ambitious proposal in a message to mark the church's World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

Part of making amends must include the descendants. But how and what—that’s the challenge.

Read the pope's first-ever message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

An apology is only a first step, new report says.

"We stayed because we are committed to the ordinary people who are suffering so much."

Pope Francis declined to help choose the judges, but "reiterates his support for the goal of attaining the peace and reconciliation."

Some Christians in Egypt are upset about a new law, which they say cements their "second-class status."

Turkey's defiant rhetoric is likely to set back U.S. expectations of a halt in the fighting between Washington's two allies in the region.

On Sept. 12, Greg Erlandson will become the director and editor in chief of Catholic News Service.

The new Vatican department focuses on "integral human development."

For those who ever saw Gene Wilder interviewed, there was something about him, his gentleness and soft-spokenness, that seemed somehow otherworldly

Confusion about religion can lead to bullying at school for children. New efforts are in place to curb discrimination this year.