President Zuma agreed that he would “pay back the money” but denied that he was personally to blame.

"Money is the enemy of harmony; money is selfish.”

John Breslin, S.J., was literary editor of 'America' from 1973-1978.

Sachs argues that plan to address ecological and worldwide poverty issues simultaneously are eminently realizable.

The pope plans to visit the Greek island of Lesbos in mid-April.

A place of beauty and dark history

Once a cherished pilgrimage site, much of the St. Elian monastery had been reduced to a pile of stones.

The society said its legal status in the church wasn't discussed but that lower-level talks would continue "without haste."

Satisfaction with the economy is high, but it's hardly universal.

The church has become Cuba’s only real alternative institution to the revolution itself.

California raises the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, assuring every full-time worker in the Golden State a minimum $30,000 annual salary by 2022.

“Mary’s ‘yes’ opens the door to Jesus’ ‘yes’: I have come to do your will, this is the ‘yes’ that Jesus carries with him throughout his life, until the cross.”

The first time I was in Beijing for Holy Week I found it difficult to be in a different culture for some of my favorite liturgies of the year.

He hit the million-follower mark in just 12 hours, making his "our fastest growing account on Instagram to date."

"How beautiful it would be if in every diocese there were a structural work of mercy: a hospital, a home for the aged or abandoned children... a home for recovering drug addicts."

Christians are called to be apostles of the mercy which seeks to encounter all forms of poverty and to free this world of so many types of slavery.

Drawing attention to the ongoing violence in Ukraine, Pope Francis called for a special collection in all of the Catholic churches in Europe.

Classified as a “Living National Treasure” for his human rights work, Frank Brennan, S.J. reflects on the ongoing Royal Commission investigation into sex abuse in Australia.

Nothing that is worthy of the human spirit is made evident to us by proof.

"It's not a gift we simply receive, but one we must give to others."