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A Vatican ceremony on June 28 marked the 65th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It featured a rare joint appearance by Pope Francis and his predecessor that seemed aimed at tamping down speculation prompted by the unusual circumstance that there are two living pop

When my brother Dave and I were very young our father, a journalist who, probably because he couldn’t afford college, had gone right into newspaper work when he returned from World War I, would grow agitated when he saw us reading comic books. I remember him saying he had read all of Dickens a

For most of the Muslims, it was the first time they had stepped inside a Christian church.

Church WallsI could not agree more with Matt Malone, S.J., when he writes, “It will also be useful to have in Washington a diplomat who represents the vicar of Christ, the one who breaks down walls” (Of Many Things, 6/20). I only wish the church had not built so many during its long tenu

Brexit reveals the radical shift in our politics, one we ignore at our peril.

The pope’s call for Christians to offer an apology to gay and lesbian people, issued during his flight back to Rome from Armenia on June 26, was carefully welcomed by Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego. “I think it opens up a very helpful pathway to dialogue and, hopefully, healing,&rdqu

A new report dedicated to a British politician assassinated after promoting religious diversity finds a sharp rise in anti-Muslim attacks in the United Kingdom. There were 437 incidents of anti-Muslim hatred recorded in 2015, up from 146 the year before. They included assault and verbal abuse,

Summer conventions must maintain civility, but not squelch protests.

“Our eyes may be for judging, but our hearts are for knowing.”

Rodrigo Duterte, a controversial town mayor dubbed “Dirty Harry” and “The Punisher” for his tough stance on crime—and against the Philippine Catholic Church—was sworn in as the 16th president of the Philippines on June 30. • Thousands of Syrians stranded on t

National service could prevent citizens from becoming abstractions to each other.

The plight and vulnerability of Lebanon, surrounded by the chaos of Syria on the north and east and threatened by the tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the south, were brought into sharp focus during a visit to the United States by Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Cathol

A look at America's coverage on gun violence, from the 1960s to present day.

Texas decision will embolden pro-choice lobbyists to target abortion restrictions in other states.

The blueprint for Pope Francis' pontificate has from the very first instant been Vatican II.

A Vatican tribunal has declared it had no jurisdiction to put two journalists on trial for publishing confidential documents.

Zimbabwe is "undergoing a very difficult patch, economically, socially, politically and spiritually," church leaders said.

"I think all the churches want to save this church because here Jesus was born," Giammarco Piacenti said.

"I made the mistake of being too trusting," the archbishop wrote in a letter.