How we worship cannot be separated from how we treat others and Creation.

'God has continually confirmed my choice to enter the Jesuits.'

ldquo Accompaniment rdquo and ldquo Integration rdquo nbsp are the two key words of the Working Document for next October rsquo s Synod of Bishops on the Family Archbishop Bruno Forte the synod rsquo s secretary said at a Vatican press conference June 23 It rsquo s clear that the doors are

For just a few days, Washington’s obsession with the “middle class” was broken.

It took place in silence and lasted only a few minutes, but Pope Francis' time of prayer and contemplation before the Shroud of Turin was marked with gestures of reverence and tenderness.Revered by many as the burial cloth of Jesus, the shroud was the second stop on the pope's packed itinera

Newly prolonged periods of debility before death present complex spiritual challenges.

Voters seem to trust the GOP's personal-freedom approach to housing and transportation.

Pope Francis seems to resist the temptation of some to read his exhortation as a downer.

Aloysius Gonzaga needs rescuing from the hands of overly pious artists.

Government workers told they must not fast during Ramadan

A church of the pure or a fisherman's trap, that is to say, a net containing a mixture of good and bad fish, according to an expression of St. Augustine? This is the question that comes to mind as my guests arrive: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and his Dominican brother Jean-Miguel Garrigues. I

'A good aesthetic education' goes beyond art class.

Two emotionally honest summer films

When I returned home in 1994 from a two-year posting as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal I felt called to do something with my life other than journalism I just didn rsquo t know what A friend suggested I read Kathleen Norris rsquo Dakota A Spiritual Geography There rolled

Coming from a fragile archipelago where the rise in sea level is highest in the world and extreme weather events are predicted to further increase this century, I worry for our future and fervently hope that the clarion call of Pope Francis will be heeded. “Laudato Si’” enjoins all

Pope Francis, through his letter, “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” has done both the world and its people a great service. “Laudato Si’” is an invitation to enter “a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are un

This is the nineteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry begins Stephen rsquo s speech before the council For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links to each of the entries updated aft

Let me propose a general rule for reading “Laudato Si’”: If the idea of evangelical poverty doesn’t make any sense to you, then large parts of the encyclical won’t make much sense either. That’s not to say the converse is true; the issues addressed are varied and

June 19, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis warns against the corrupting effects of greed and accumulating wealth for ourselves, saying they are at the root of wars and family divisions. His words came during his homily at his morning Mass on Friday (June 19th) at the Santa Marta residence.Taking his inspi