Democracy and market economies go hand in hand but are risky and can be abused if they do not sustain human dignity and support the common good, according to a Vatican economic official. Joseph F. X. Zahra, a Maltese economist who is deputy coordinator of the Vatican Council for the Economy, spoke a

The U.S. bishops’ conference announced on Feb. 8 that it is launching a new National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue to be headed by Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago. • Just days before Pope Francis was scheduled to visit a prison in Ciudad Juárez, a brutal fight between rival factions on Feb

Having the witness of survivors on the Vatican abuse commission is essential.

Living as a Catholic in a Muslim world

As we drape the church in purple, we sharpen the will.

A prominent Kenyan bishop said Lent is a time to celebrate and experience God’s mercy, then donated clothing and food to more than 4,000 households in Ngong on behalf of the bishops’ conference. Bishop Cornelius Arap Korir of Eldoret called on Kenyans to forget their past experiences and

Twenty-five years after the videotaped beating of Rodney King on March 3, 1991, caused a national sensation, little is reported about similar specific acts of police brutality in Los Angeles, which may very well be a sign of the progress that has been made.And yet shootings by police in Los Angeles

One effort that transcends party lines is criminal justice reform.

While the Catholic Church eventually left Christendom behind, ‘Islamdom’ still predominates among the world’s Muslim thinkers.

Religion in Vietnam today looks markedly different than it did 40 years ago.

"When persecution happens in Nigeria, Pakistan or Iraq, it is not happening to 'others.'

How could someone be a human being and God at the same time? If we think that Jesus did not really suffer emotionally, physically and even spiritually on the cross, we may be less likely to turn to him in our own struggles.

Jacobnever climbed the ladderburning in his dream. Sleeppressed him like a stonein the dust,and whenhe should have risenlike a flame to jointhat choir, he was sickof traveling,and closedhis eyes to the Seraphimascending, unconsciousof the impossible distancesbetween their steps,missedthem mount the

Recent attacks on civilians in Nigeria renew a grisly debate: Is Boko Haram the world’s deadliest terrorist group or should ISIS bear that odious distinction? Though it received relatively little press attention, in 2014 Boko Haram managed to kill far more people in its various rampages than I

Father Ruiz wants the world see beyond the violence and poverty of his native city.

On flight, Francis discusses John Paul II’ close relationship with a woman, Zika and abortion

‘A person who only thinks of building walls, and not building bridges, is not Christian....We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.'

President Zuma didn’t address the fundamental problems we face: low investor confidence, failing infrastructure and unemployable citizens.

Presidential and Supreme Court politics can't be avoided.