Bridgeport's new bishop holds listening sessions to learn the concerns of parishioners.

In combatting sexual assault on campus, is there a middle ground between “Just say no” and “Please sign here”?

The drive to kill and conquer has more to do with original sin than entangled alliances.

World War I stories include several about enemies who discovered one another’s humanity. On the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into the war, this is one.

I speak bones to you in the morning—hollow, fragile, ordained frameworks,their marrow winnowed by earth time. I hear emptiness in my pleas for health,forgiveness, prosperity. Echoes ossifywhere blood once pulsed and built. Like the half-attentive spouse who’s learnedto monotone

Leaders must 'say enough; enough for the mothers, enough for the innocent persons.'

In recent months Pope Francis has come back time and again to the thought that Christians mdash and Christianity mdash are still being persecuted in the world that all of us sinners live in It conjures up tales of the Middle Ages and the long ago when martyrs were made from those who went about b

Many of the greatest Hollywood movies traffic in themes of lust guilt and obsession Whether it rsquo s the moral corruption of Don Corleone in ldquo The Godfather rdquo or the lust for power of ldquo Citizen Kane rdquo sin fascinates us as a focal point of our collective imagination Sin sell

On The Ignatian Educator, Matt Emerson recommends Blake Mycoskie's 'Start Something that Matters.'

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness Declaration of IndependenceIn the last days of its recent session the Supreme Court of the

Francis says 'despicable actions' caused by the clergy have been hidden for too long.

My dad was right: life blazes on and holds us in thrall with its bounty and blessings.

Father George Rutler S T D pastor of St Michael rsquo s Church in the Hell 39 s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City is a popular Catholic writer on historical and religious topics He is known for his provocative interpretations of world events often challenging popular myths from a spiritu

In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com

Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a Washington D C -based Staff Editor for the libertarian magazine Reason where she covers politics gender issues reproductive rights food and drug policy Gen Y and digital culture She was previously a writer and editor for the women 39 s health blog Blisstree com a

Political freedom cannot long last if our souls remain in captivity As we celebrate American independence and the extraordinary people and events giving rise to our political and economic freedom my thoughts turn to the subject of spiritual freedom In the words of St Paul quot For you were cal

As a European, my stock response to overt American patriotism is to cringe.

Religious and civic leaders urged President Barack Obama to include a religious exemption in the planned White House executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity.In a July 1 letter, the group of 14 faith leaders said they agreed with

Pope Francis is sending a cardinal and a bishop to Paraguay to investigate the activities of a priest previously accused of sex abuse in Pennsylvania, the Vatican’s diplomatic envoy to the Latin American country said.The cardinal and the bishop will visit the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, in the

Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic criticized their country's transitional government for failing to "revive hopes" and end months of conflict between Islamist and Christian forces despite international backing.The bishops said July 2 that the January election of Presiden