Can ancient Israel’s spirituality of sex help us escape today's hook-up culture?

Ever since Frank Mulbah’s mother died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, in August, no one will go near him. “I went to my relatives after my mother died, but they chased me away, even after I told them that I didn’t have Ebola,” said Frank, 12, who tested negative for Ebola at t

Pope Francis called for abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment, and denounced what he called a "penal populism" that promises to solve society's problems by punishing crime instead of pursuing social justice."It is impossible to imagine that states today canno

A request for reader input on this Sunday's readings: Are Christian politicians obliged to follow some parts of the Bible and not others?

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We're less than two weeks from election day, so it's time to start writing the post-mortems.

As I mentioned last week I 39 ve lately been making my way through Jim Manney 39 s A Simple Life-Changing Prayer Discovering the Power of St Ignatius Loyola 39 s Examen Loyola Press nbsp It is a brief but substantive primer on Ignatian prayer and spirituality ideal for personal reading or

The task of the Catholic Church is not only to teach people how to pray, but how to live authentically Christian lives, two leaders of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said.The church's ministers also have an obligation to accompany, support and minister to their followers in the midst of strife an

Dallas bishop explains decision to shelter fiancée of Ebola victim and three others.

Will hysteria over the Ebola virus drive midterm voters to the right?

This is part one of a three-part series on Catholic colleges and universities led today by lay leaders after a history of priests or women religious at their helms Read Part 1 on Trinity University Washington here John Garvey The Catholic University of America1 As a layperson did you meet any pa

Alice von Hildebrand is a Belgian-born Catholic philosopher who retired from the classroom in 1984 after teaching at Hunter College in New York City for 37 years In September 2013 Pope Francis awarded her a Dame Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of St Gregory the Great on the occasion of her 90

Do most Americans understand how much their security depends upon others' prudence?

A disease outbreak is a story we can really get into. The invisible micro-organism lodges itself inside a human host and travels undetected among the teeming masses—until it decides to reveal itself and bring humanity to its knees. The narrative is powerful. Other people, who should be sources

When The New York Times is contributing to intelligent conversations about church teaching, there is progress.

This is part one of a three-part series on Catholic colleges and universities led today by lay leaders after a history of priests or women religious at their helms Catholic colleges and universities enroll an estimated 810 000 students according to the Official Catholic Directory For decades and

Why, today, is it so hard to advocate for the liberal arts?

Refugees of the conflict line up for cold weather gear.