If Facebook cares about us, it should governed by a structure that is principally, not secondarily, accountable to us.

Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”

Moderates in both parties are appealing to Wall Street, not working-class voters.

"Let your words be simple so that everyone can understand. Don't give long homilies," the pope said. "Allow me to ask you to remember your dad and how very happy he was to have found another parish in a town nearby where the Mass was celebrated without a homily!"

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops called on Kenyans to prepare for Pope Francis' first visit to Africa at the end of November by embracing peace and co-existence and with prayer. They also invited people to turn out to welcome the pontiff during his Nov. 25-27 visit to the East Africa nat

Apart from the YouTube star and his apparent fans, I can't find any other Starbucks-frenzied Christians out there.

“Spotlight” is a tale of a still ongoing calamity.

"The Bible: A Book for the Family" is this year’s theme for Bible Week, building on the Synod of Bishops on the Family and Pope Francis's visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families.

Edward W. Schmidt, S.J., offers a reflection from Barcelona. Visit our special pilgrimage web site to follow their trip.

Pope Francis denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime” and “a deplorable act that does not help.”

Matt Malone, S.J. offers a reflection from Manresa. Visit our special pilgrimage web site to follow their trip.

Matt Malone, S.J. offers a reflection from Montserrat. Visit our special pilgrimage web site to follow their trip.

Kenya is the pope's first stop on a three-nation visit to the continent later this month.

Officials had only confirmed two deaths by that afternoon, but residents and volunteers feared the number would rise. Water and mud swept over the rural area of one of Brazil's most famous historic cities, Mariana, leaving a trail of destruction.

Among the plaintiffs are the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Archdiocese of Washington, Priests for Life and Texas Baptist University.

The president said that America is now a global leader in taking serious action to fight climate change. “And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership. And that’s the biggest risk we face—not acting.”

"We would never allow this to happen if this were any other physical illness," said Kennedy, who represented a congressional district in Rhode Island for 16 years before stepping down in 2011.

Girard did not just apply mimetic theory; he internalized it. He manifested humility, peace and even a simple holiness.

The positions taken by the Roman Catholic Church on divorce, remarriage and communion are not self-evident, but the product of numerous interpretive moves.

We realized in the new encyclical, "Laudato Si,'" what people haven’t talked about much is that Pope Francis has over 30 paragraphs that talk about politics and the role of politics. He speaks about creating an economy of inclusion. We realized that you can’t have an economy of inclusion without a politics of inclusion.