Group erects statue of “Baphomet,” a goat-headed god, in Detroit.

Why housing policy could be the next battle in the culture wars

Bishop Michael Jarrell of Lafayette offered prayers and sympathy to the victims of a multiplex cinema shooting July 23 in Lafayette in which two were killed and nine wounded.

Cardinal William W. Baum, the archbishop of Washington from 1973 to 1980, died July 23 at the age of 88 after a long illness. He was a cardinal for 39 years -- the longest such tenure in U.S. church history.

Have readers been duped by Harper Lee?

How did a simple traffic stop spiral out of control so quickly, and what does it tell us about how policing works?

A reflection on Sunday's reading from the Rev. Terrance Klein

For those looking to deepen their understanding of St Ignatius and the Society of Jesus you 39 ll enjoy this collection of St Ignatius 39 s letters and other writings made available online by Georgetown University It 39 s an excellent resource nbsp I began reviewing them briefly and this

Pope Francis is making us uncomfortable. And that's a good thing.

What the president (and everyone else) should know about the people of Kenya

While doing some research I came across this letter from the Congregation for Catholic Education published in 2009 that offered this brief but substantive assessment of the nature of education which I thought was as good a definition as I 39 ve read of the nature of the academic enterprise Educ

'By setting the high goal, we actually force ourselves day by day to take action.'

Growing conservative disaffection appears to be taking a toll on his popularity.

Scientific observations from our Biblical ancestors

In recovering the cultural legacy of the Depression era, Doctorow has produced a book that promises to remain as permanent an addition to its culture as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The “instrumentum laboris,” or working document, for the fall Synod on the Family speaks to the various needs of the family in the modern world, including the need for pastoral care for those who, as Pope Francis puts it, “have had the misfortune of a failure in love.”When it

'We are not owners of the earth. We are its stewards.'

For a hashtag that started with fighting giraffes, a lot of people are taking it very seriously.