Looking forward to the World Meeting of Families

Pope Francis is not a man to ignore the real problems that touch people rsquo s lives It came as no surprise therefore that on his first day in Korea he zoned in with passion on the urgent need for peace and reconciliation in this divided peninsula The urgency was highlighted even more by the fact

On the flight from Rome to South Korea 40 minutes after take-off a smiling Pope Francis came to the back of the plane to greet the 72 journalists from 11 countries including 10 from South Korea who were traveling with him He was greeted with applause and smiles but then a shocked silence descen

In times plagued by wicked acts of murder and torture, praying with the words of Elie Wiesel

What is at stake in Mary’s flesh plays out in the world, though with a different result.

On his first visit to Asia as pope Francis is going to South Korea He left the Rome airport at four o rsquo clock in the afternoon local time today August 13 on board an Alitalia flight His main reason for visiting Korea is to participate in the sixth Asian Youth Day that is being held in Daej

On The Ignatian Educator, some parental habits worth breaking.

An interview with Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”

Language reveals traces of our culture’s ambivalence toward women’s procreative powers.

Church teaches duty to intervene—with force, if necessary—to prevent genocide.

Professors call for the United States to increase its military and humanitarian assistance.

Honoring Cardinal Ortega’s 50 years at the dangerous intersection of church and Cuban politics

In his homily on August 6 to a group of altar servers from Germany Pope Francis addressed the distractions of the social media age Our life is made up of time and time is a gift of God hence it must be used in good and fruitful actions Perhaps many youngsters and young people waste too many hour

The rapid collapse of Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, was a surprise to many.

The Jesuit-run program Fe y Alegria offers alternatives to gangs and emigration.

'Padre Tono' says he is victim of political persecution

At the website The Catholic Thing Daniel McInerny offers an eloquent defense of the arts very timely for the upcoming academic year and a nice resource for art teachers who -- not unlike theology teachers -- must defend their subject from those who deem it unnecessary In his brief essay quot A Ca

Pope asks for international action to help Iraq's Christians

Father John Zuhlsdorf quot Father Z quot is an American-born priest of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni in Italy and a Catholic media figure A convert from Lutheranism in college he was ordained by Saint John Paul II in 1991 nbsp He worked in Rome as a collaborator in the Pontific