It is good for Catholics to cheer on one another’s varied works of charity.

Understanding the third person, the Holy Trinity and The Monsignor

Christ at CenterI very much appreciated “Redefining Success,” by Brian B. Pinter (5/12). After 27 years teaching at the college level, I am more and more convinced of the crucial importance of the formation in faith that students receive in high school. It is often determinative for thei

Many cannot afford protections to shield them from extreme forces of nature.

Nations singled out for deteriorating records on religious liberty.

At the vernal equinox, the day when the earth’s equator passes the center of the sun, signaling the official end of our first long and brutal northern Michigan winter, our kitten, Bonny Kate, gave birth to a litter of six. We had noticed she was getting a little round in the belly. So were we,

Anytime there are misunderstandings, errors or problems concerning religious orders, dialogue is the best way to deal with the situation, said the head of the Vatican office that oversees the world’s religious orders. “At times there are things that either may not have been understood or

South Sudan’s religious congregations urged the country’s political leaders to ensure that the latest peace agreement holds, and they condemned the atrocities and violence carried out by both government forces and rebel groups over the past five months. “Too much blood has been she

Green doors and green porch trim mark the small shops that are—or were—owned by Muslims in the Point Kilometer 5 quarter of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic. Many of them are open this morning in early May—more as you cruise closer to the city’s centra

On May 7, 10 days after the celebration of the anniversary of their nation’s first democratic elections in April 1994, South Africans went to the polls in the first vote since the death of Nelson Mandela last December. The African National Congress gained a 62 percent majority to retain p

Faculty members of many faiths bring a religious ardor to their pro-life commitment.

Can Modi be a leader for all of India—rich and poor, Hindu, Muslim and Christian?

There stood by me this night the angel of God       Acts 27:23 I have no fear of storms since I heard His voice—my Accuser crying out of the sun.While I am chained in the shivering hold,the others cower and bleat to Baal.But no fury can last. Light finds a way—it

It does not necessarily follow that because a teacher has violated church teaching, and his or her contract, that he or she should be terminated.

Churches in Sudan, including the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference, have condemned the death sentence handed to a Christian woman who refused to renounce her faith.Meriam Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but whose mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was convicted of apostasy by a co

Pope Francis will meet with a group of sex abuse victims for the first time in June, he told reporters on May 26. During a wide-ranging inflight news conference on his return to Rome from the Holy Land, the pope also confirmed reports the Vatican is investigating charges its former secretary of stat

The speaker at the Falls Church Virginia Memorial Day observance began with the usual acknowledgements ldquo Do we have any World War II veterans among us today rdquo A few elderly men stood and received the grateful applause of the audience ldquo Do we have any here who have served in Iraq o

Though I haven 39 t read through or listened to all the commencement speeches from the last couple weeks I don 39 t imagine there 39 s a better one than that delivered by Admiral William H McRaven a Navy Seal and commander of U S Special Operations Command In his recent address at the Univer

Cape Cod MA I was remiss last week in not posting a comment on May 19 which was the 50th anniversary of the establishment by Pope Paul VI of the Secretariat for Non-Christians with his Apostolic Letter Progrediente Concilio This Secretariat became in 1988 the Pontifical Council for Interreligi

At the Holy Sepulchre, a true triumph of ecumenical diplomacy.