For the first time in years the Guant namo prison is part of the national conversation When President Barack Obama started his second term in January the prison barely received a mention But a massive hunger strike started just two weeks later and now involving at least 100 of the 166 prisoner

The U S Supreme Court is now considering the issue of same-sex marriage Like many people I have been following whatever news and commentary I can find One thing has struck me by its total absence While there is much discussion about the civil and human rights of adults there has been no disc

Baz Luhrmann presents an overwrought 'Gatsby' for the digital age

I have been on pilgrimage this spring and traveled with boon companions I rsquo ve kept late nights with Dorothy Day toted Thomas Merton on the train chuckled with Flannery O rsquo Connor over her tales of kindred freaks and got lost with Walker Percy in the cosmos They rsquo ve come with me ac

America has been writing about "the Irish question" in one way or another since 1909.

From 1974, Moira Walsh's take on Robert Redford in "The Great Gatsby"

What do we know of heaven Jesus Where is heaven Jesus What is heaven like Jesus The questions and answers may seem blithe but they come to the core of the bittersweet mystery we call the Ascension quot As they were looking on he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight quot Ac

The Food and Drug Administration “acted irresponsibly” with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unsup

The median age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2013 is 32; two-thirds are Caucasian.

The Rev. Scott Deeley, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, said that while the church “won’t be telling people how to vote” in the fall 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, “some bishops have indicated unofficially they’d have no p

Weaving It TogetherI appreciated the focus on the new evangelization in the April 22 issue. “Mass Evangelization,” by Scott W. Hahn, proceeded further and deeper into the eucharistic mystery and its call, “Do this in memory of me.” Cultic practices rightly understand the cent

Nearly 2.5 million refugees are now scattered in camps in states bordering Syria.

Much as I admire his writing, I could not countenance Colm Toibin's Mary.

Shocking Assaults in India: Courage on the Court; Poverty and Generosity

I’m a Mary. My mom is a Mary. My older sister is a Bridget Mary. Although I was born in the decline-of-Mary era, I was never the sole Mary around, because I attended Catholic school, although some of my fellow Marys got to go by their middle names or nicknames. As a child, I wished that I had

Msgr. Romulo Sánchez has begun a dialogue with the country's main criminal gangs.

How we respond to events of inexplicable violence both reflects and shapes our values.

In the minds of many Britons, Margaret Thatcher was either the messiah or Mephistopheles.

The men in Guantánamo are bearing witness to the human need for dignity and freedom.

The need for improved relationships and a rebuilding of trust in the church is the message that emerged from a meeting of the International Union of Superiors General, which opened in Rome on May 3. The conference brought together 800 leaders of women’s religious communities worldwide. The hea