At the heart of the class combat in "Show Me a Hero" is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.

The GOP here demonstrates a flexibility not found in all Southern states.

When we enter into the vulnerability of meeting another person in all of her/his humanity, we enter into the beautiful mystery of friendship and romance that has fired the human heart for centuries.

Some helpful thoughts as educators prepare for the resumption of the academic year

In Australia, sensitivity to the interreligious diversity that marks Asia today

Belleville's bishop reflects on Ferguson, Sandra Bland and #BlackLivesMatter

Eighty years have come and gone, and the Social Security Act, while derided by some—and cherished by many—is still here, helping the Ida May Fullers of our time.

Whatever happened to our idealism? It’s starting to look like we think being an idealist means wearing an Apple Watch.

How does Pope Francis factor into the election? At least one candidate's been talking about him a lot.

How much of your Christ comes from him? How much, from you?

Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo and the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, signed the accord during an official ceremony at the Government Palace in Dili, the capital city, on August 14.

Many governors would likely reject Washington's largesse.

Sue Harvath, who has counseled post-abortive women, says it shouldn't matter whether Planned Parenthood is making money from the sale of fetal body parts because even the act of obtaining the body parts is manipulative and flat wrong.

Pope Francis' speeches to Congress and to the United Nations in late September will be less pastoral than homilies--more about policy.

Perseverance is the key to arriving at the top of the mountain. Yearning to pray is itself praying.

At least two explosions in one of northern China's most important ports has killed 44 people, including 12 firefighters, while injuring hundreds and causing millions of dollars in property damage.

More than 1,000 crosses have been forcibly removed from churches since early 2014.

We might hope that in tandem with the pope’s recognition of the horrors of the first two atomic bombs, there is a concurrent abhorrence of tens of millions of human souls brutalized and murdered by four totalitarian political regimes.

Food has become a geopolitical weapon. It is not a new concept, but it is a potent one.

Should we be concerned about the 'infantilization' of American college students?