Last week I shared an essay of Brendan Busse S J who wrote at The Jesuit Post about gratitude as the antidote to anxiety Yesterday from a different angle David Brooks reflected upon the subject at his space at The New York Times Quoting G K Chesterton and admitting his own struggles to be b
A Ukrainian bishop said a Russian-backed separatist rebellion has plunged his country into its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II and warned that "millions of refugees" could soon head for Europe to escape starvation.
People with ties to the California mission system see the canonization of its founder as a moment for reflection and reconciliation with native people.
Cardinal Se n O rsquo Malley O F M Cap archbishop of Boston and chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops responded on July 29 to recent videos showing leaders from Planned Parenthood discussing the provision of fetal organs tissues and body
Excitement over the discovery of a reliquary in the grave of Jamestown founding member Gabriel Archer has gone viral this week thanks first to an article in The Atlantic and then to articles in today rsquo s New York Times and Washington Post Given the narrowly Anglican identification of the early
A federal judge ruled July 24 that the government's immigrant family detention system violates a settlement agreement dating to 1997 over how juveniles in the custody of the immigration agency are treated.
Seven presidential candidates have responded to a call from anti-poverty advocates by submitting brief videos outlining their plans to address poverty.
Polling may show that Americans are roughly split on President Obama's overall job performance as president, but his visit to El Reno and the commutations show evidence of an emerging consensus that sentences are too harsh and that many prisoners are locked up for far longer than necessary.
A German Catholic diocese wants to take episcopal responsibility to a new level by making its disgraced former “bishop of bling” responsible for the 3.9 million euros ($4.9 million) in losses incurred during the luxury makeover of his residence and office.
Last Thursday saw yet another frightening act of gun violence this time in Lafayette La as a man shot off 20 rounds during an evening showing of ldquo Trainwreck rdquo killing two and injuring nine others Since then the country has pretty much followed its scripted cycle of reactions nbsp P