The jubilee is an invitation to witness to the forgiveness rooted in the cross and resurrection.

Like the streets, our common humanity connects each of us to the other.

There was one clear winner at this year's post-synod elections: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.

Even 50 years after “Gaudium et Spes,” the pitfalls about which Karl Rahner, S.J., prophetically warned loom as large as ever.

Georgetown serves as a model for confronting past tainted by slavery

Out of the SpotlightRe “The Big Dig,” by Maurice Timothy Reidy (11/16): As a priest and native of Boston who happened to be visiting family there when The Boston Globe began its “Spotlight” coverage, I am not sure I will be watching this movie. I hope I am wrong, but I am wil

It is still Easter, though we are agroundthis monster’s back, tethered to its tail. This is still an island, as it rises in swells,falls in troughs, follows wanton tides. Still a mooring, a port enoughfor our feast. Our Lord is still risen. Still our hearts that burn and yielda

During Advent a few years ago, I composed meditations each morning on the day’s scriptural readings as I experienced the season. This Advent journal was my experiment, my practice as a writer and a seeker, to anchor myself before each day pulled me in all its directions. I began with Scripture

Sinatra invites us to participate in an act of the imagination in which we are aware of our limitations and yet, at the same time, believe that we are not defined by them.

New life after a home invasion

“If a guy panhandles and you don’t have anything, you could at least respond to him like he’s not a piece of [excrement].”

Over two years of persisting disorder Father Bernard Kinvi has seen people at their worst during civil conflict in the Central African Republic mdash neighbors turning against neighbors the strong preying on the weak He has also embodied what people can be at their best during such tumultuous tim

He comes to bring a message of peace, reconciliation and dialogue.

The Republican frontrunner benefits from resentment against the media.

November has seen two modest but hopeful developments for those excluded from coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Former Jesuit provincial for East Africa highlights the significance of Pope Francis' trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic

We are all "dogs" in some way, outcasts and sinners who need forgiveness, and that’s why we approach the altar.

Donald Trump’s claim that he witnessed cheering on Sept. 11 can mean one of only two things.

By remembering what God has done for us and joining in Jesus’ sacrifice of thanks, we find a momentary rest for our souls and a means of reordering our desires toward God.

Under the Vatican criminal code, it is a crime to take, distribute and publish confidential documents. The Vatican said that if any of the five are not present on Nov. 24, they would be tried in absentia.