Church protests beating deaths of Christian couple accused of blasphemy.

While writing my recent column quot The Moviegoers quot which told a story of differing approaches to evangelization of Western culture I was reminded of a recent experience on the other side of the world This past June I spent a week in Tokyo where I had the chance to speak with some of the J

In an average week one-in-five Americans share their religious faith online about the same percentage that tune in to religious talk radio watch religious TV programs or listen to Christian rock music according to a nbsp national survey nbsp released on Nov 6 by the Pew Research Center The surv

A story from the pope's cathedral that's too good not to be true

Clayten Christensen one of the most widely cited business theorists today Harvard University professor author of a number of books including The Innovator 39 s Dilemma recently spoke to Business Insider nbsp about a range of topics including education He had some intriguing things to say In t

In 23 states, the GOP will control governor’s office, both houses of the legislature.

'Some procedures are so long and so burdensome...people give up.'

'Spirituality Seeking Theology,' by Roger Haight, and 'His Hiding Place is Darkness,' by Francis Clooney, S.J.

'F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction,' by John T. Irwin

'Six Amendments,' by John Paul Stevens

The artist’s lively, hope-filled cut-outs

For decades, religious orders built schools and hospitals, not retirement programs.

In today's media environment the mission of Catholics is profoundly countercultural.

Seven years later, justice for 14 Iraqis killed by American private security contractors.

'When the church...expresses herself in communion, she cannot err.'

Following the beatification of Pope Paul VI, we reprint this editorial on his life and legacy that originally appeared in America on Aug. 19, 1978.Each pope in the history of the church has brought to the special challenges of his era his own special gifts of intellect and spirit. The hist

People are surprised when I tell them that for seven years of my priesthood, I lived with 80 women. I had the great privilege of being a chaplain at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy. Each day, I would celebrate the morning Mass. It was humbling and inspiring to look out into the pews and see,

Catholic bishops and aid agencies criticized a move by European nations to scale down the rescue of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, where hundreds drown each month attempting to reach Europe.“What we’re seeing is almost a nightmare vision. Any policy which causes people t