A passage from Isaiah got Pope John Paul I into theologically hot holy water.

At the end of a year of political chaos and Congressional dysfunction, something remarkable happened. Washington did its job.

Obama revisits the fear of demographic change.

Greg Burke, an American, and Stefano D’Agostini, an Italian, are early personnel changes in Vatican's reform project.

Daily Advent Reflections, Day 23: The radiant and joyful presence of Christ was, is, and shall again be with us.

We who are Christian can, in light of this text—and the many others in the Quran—prayerfully return to the Gospel with a fresh eye.

The pope struck a very different tone this year, compared to last year when he lambasted 15 “curial diseases.”

By the time they pulled into the driveway, rain was drumming loudly on the roof of the truck.

Daily Advent Reflections, Day 20: Our lives are speckled with pain and sadness that could have been averted, we think, if only God had listened to us.

Pope Francis has nominated the well-known Irish monsignor Paul Tighe as a bishop and has appointed him as Adjunct-Secretary to the Pontifical Council of Culture The Vatican made the announcement on Dec 19 and said the Pope has named him to the titular episcopal See of Drivasto in Albania nbsp M

The primary objective of the settlement is to transform the culture of the archdiocese into one that is vigilant about preventing child abuse.

It wasn't the Irish alone who bore the stigma of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. Name the ethnic group, and suspicions, fears and slanders have been posed against them when Americans who were more settled in this country thought these immigrant groups posed a threat to the American way of life—or, more likely, the status quo that benefited the earlier arrivals.

“Never has there been a greater need for tolerance, compassion and solidarity with people who have lost everything,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres saidof the agency’s new report, based on projections from the first half of 2015.

"Star Wars" is original and surprising. It is witty, not only in its comic dialogue, but in its ability to spoof itself and the science-fiction genre without going for the cheap laugh.

"Policies of fear and inflammatory rhetoric will only offer extremists fertile soil."

Life is awash with words. We chatter away, until we realize how much our words matter. Then we search and stumble.

I find in my ministry with the homeless that those who struggle most to hold onto reality are capable of profound insights.

This is the 28th entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry deals with Saul rsquo s initial activities as a disciple of Jesus in Damascus Jerusalem and Tarsus For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can

In the Quran, Mary is twice chosen: as the pious girl dwelling in the Temple, and as the mother of Jesus.

Daily Advent Reflections, Day 19.