In a serious escalation of tension in Crimea, three Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests have been seized and interrogated by pro-Russian forces. The Rev. Mykola Kvych, a pastor and Ukrainian military chaplain, was taken on March 15 after celebrating the liturgy. He was released later that day after hou

One of the most notable characteristics of the Kigali Memorial Centre is its simplicity: a small fountain; a stone courtyard; some gardens with water fixtures flowing through them. Most striking, perhaps, are the plain, long, brown slabs of brick marking the graves of 250,000 of the men, women and c

The catholic, cosmopolitan spirit Father Wynne instilled in America still animates our work.

Conditions remain dire in the Central African Republic, and a U.N. official urged the international community to step up humanitarian aid efforts dramatically. Despite the end of the large-scale violence that rocked the nation in December and January, people are still being killed every day. “

Snowflakes surprise us,small and aimless as we ourselves,so light they sift upwardsin random puppetry. Yesterday we arrived in Englandon the edge of April.Workers in orange suitshad de-iced the plane in Chicago. As we’d changed planesin Dublin, yellow hoses uncoiledon juddering machi

Back to Basics“See the Person” is relevant and interesting. However, the four elements that “should mark a new stance toward homosexuals and homosexuality” are a bit complicated. Why not just return to the basics of seeing all persons whom God has created? The catechism says

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

Donna appears at the front door every so often, not exactly a friend but more than an acquaintance. A teacher of sorts, I suppose. Like the time she asked me to loan her $20 for an emergency, and I came to learn that it really was not a loan at all, but more like a gift, minus the generosity.Overwei

Western leaders must hold off from an unhinged rush back to the Cold War.

If you watch television, Washington is not only dysfunctional, but also depraved.

A rabbi, a Jewish painter and a Catholic musician gather to talk about God.

By the second Sunday of Easter, April 10, as the African Synod opened in Rome—the official title for this meeting is “The Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops”—details had just reached the outside world of the slaughter in Rwanda. Among those killed in the wave

Since the Affordable Care Act became law in March 2010, the two chambers of Congress have held diametrically opposed views. The House, under Republican control since 2011, has voted many times to repeal the entire act; the Democratic-controlled Senate has resisted changes.The Catholic bishops’

Vantage Point 1994: Fr. James Martin, S.J., on the Western media's difficulty in confronting the tragedy in Rwanda.

I rsquo m very grateful to have the mother that I do Among the many and varied reasons I have for my gratitude certain news events have reminded me of yet another When I was three years old at a Peach Festival in Western New York a man approached my mother and offered to buy me for 500 on the

The New York Times reports on the increasing number of schools offering computer programming Around the world students from elementary school to the Ph D level are increasingly getting acquainted with the basics of coding as computer programming is also known From Singapore to Tallinn governmen

Priest says they are escaping threats of arrest and property seizures after the annexation.

The British government has imposed an immediate ban on the incineration of miscarried and aborted babies after journalists found cases of hospitals burning fetuses to generate heat.Dr. Dan Poulter, parliamentary undersecretary of state for health, issued a March 24 statement that the burning of fetu

Ugandan priest witnesses great suffering among refugees fleeing the conflict.

(Un)Conventional Wisdom from Robert D. Sullivan on the fight over fighting poverty.