It is 8 a.m. Monday, time for morning prayer. The principal comes on the loud speaker, her voice especially shaky. Everyone knows. Still, I tense up when she says, “Students, come meet me in the gym.” My class gets up and we go. No one in the halls dares to speak one word.When we get to

The call to live simple, communal lives is not for clerics alone but all Catholics.

On April 29 the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault issued its first report, which outlines ways to more effectively identify, prevent and respond to sexual violence on campuses.“Colleges and universities can no longer turn a blind eye or pretend rape and sexual assa

Cmdr. Walter Ruiz of the U.S. Navy serves as legal counsel to Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, 45, a defendant in the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for his alleged role in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The charges against Mr. al-Hawsawi, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, include conspiracy to co

Voters express hope for a change in leadership and greater stability after elections.

Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’

The hunger strike that involved more than 100 detainees and captured international attention was still on when I landed on the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was July 16, 2013, and my arrival coincided with that of John F. Kelly, a four-star Marine general who is commander of U.S. mili

The United States won the Cold War, but some seem eager to restart it.

Writer RespondsI read “Writers Blocked?” by Kaya Oakes (4/28), about Catholic writing today, with some bewilderment. While I agree with much of what she says, Ms. Oakes makes a number of odd or erroneous statements about my literary and cultural views. The oddest of all: “Gioia cal

Before Walden Pond, there was Jesus. Today, The Minimalist Movement. Matt Emerson on the ancient and enduring appeal of simple living.

It has been years since I have seen a film as dazzling beautiful and challenging as Patrice Chereau rsquo s Queen Margot It tell the story of the 16th-century French ldquo wars of religion rdquo which raised to a bloody pitch with the Saint Bartholomew rsquo s Day Massacre 1572 when for vari

The Roman Catholic Church failed to recognize the worldwide reach of clerical sexual abuse, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Saturday (May 3) at a press conference.“Many don’t see it as a problem of the universal church,” said O’Malley who heads the Vatican&

Mohamed Bomassa was saved today by his baseball cap ldquo Pour la Paix rdquo it reads he holds it up for a photo ldquo This protected me rdquo he says explaining that for a Muslim youth crossing Bangui the capital city of the Central African Republic can be a fatal experience these days

On May 7, just 10 days after the celebration of the anniversary of the first democratic elections in April 1994, South Africans will got to the polls. These will be the first elections after the death of Nelson Mandela six months ago. Although the ruling African National Congress (A.N.C.) will undou

Yesterday I wrote about a Catholic school in Wisconsin that will soon feature a curriculum anchored in the Socratic method and the classics of Western civilization It seems they 39 re not the only ones remembering the value of this kind of education The nbsp Wall Street Journal nbsp reports nbsp t

'Thank You, Anarchy,' gives a detailed account of the inception and growth of the Occupy movement.

The stories that help us make sense of our lives and faith

'Young Catholic America' explains why many emerging adults are "out of faith and gone."