"I am fixed on Paris and all it holds, both in peril and in promise."

Daily Advent Reflections, Dec. 10: We must serve Christ by expanding the possibilities of discipleship past the boundary of the accustomed.

"Time and time again you guys have failed to show up with real solutions," said Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a 15-year-old Aztec Indian, environmental activist and hip-hop artist from Boulder, Colorado. "It's up to the people to change the world. Our voices united will make more of a difference than world leaders ever have and ever will."

Everywhere I travel, I am reminded that America Media has the most loyal audience in publishing today.

"The latest progress report confirms that the Holy See has established a functional, sustainable and effective system, aiming at preventing and fighting financial crimes," said Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, under-secretary for relations with states and head of the Vatican delegation to the Moneyval plenary.

Two aspects of U.S. religious life today, according to the report, have not changed: the increasing average age of women religious and their declining numbers. "Only 9 percent of religious sisters are younger than 60; more than two-thirds of women and men vowed religious are older than 65," the report said.

In the spirit of Ecclesiasticus (44:1), let us now praise famous men: specifically Frank Sinatra.

When Pope Francis planned the Year of Mercy and the opening of the Holy Door, he did not mean to give the starting signal for a frenzied wave of pilgrims to Rome. More than a call to sign up for an Eternal City package tour, the pope is inviting people to strike out on a yearlong spiritual journey t

Felons regaining the right to vote is something to celebrate.

The Holy Year of Mercy arrives in advance in this land that has suffered from war.

Negotiators in Paris from 195 countries agreed on Dec. 5 on a blueprint deal aimed at reducing global carbon emissions and limiting global warming. Participants at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change were poised the following week for final discussion and approval of the agreem

There are many reasons to support hope that enough time and ingenuity remain to prevent or mitigate the worst effects of climate change.

I.C.B.M. systems are useless against the danger that a group like ISIS represents.

Arriving in the late morning on Dec. 2 at the San Bernardino diocesan pastoral center for his job in the diocese’s Office of Worship, Chris Estrella knew something was very wrong.“I could see a police blockade of Waterman Avenue, which is where the Inland Regional Center is located,&rdqu

A book is sometimes the most difficult gift to offer, but often it is the most rich.

Adult Swim’s ‘Black Jesus’

Why is it that if I cut back a wayward branch on a tree, the most growth in the coming season is where I have pruned?

I station Beckett like Gotama, mid-table, and spread before him the Sunday comics.