Vatican II calls us to a renewed realization of the primacy of Christ.

The new pope might consider the cause of Oscar Romero with renewed seriousness.

America’s editorial “Repeal the Second Amendment," in the issue of Feb. 25, evoked considerable reader response. Some comments were published in the issue of April 8-15. Here are more.Unintended ConsequencesWith all the gun rhetoric out there, both pro and con, including your propos

The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on April 3 to approve a historic treaty.

Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they do not want wisdom from the Bible.

Some political spinners are trying to fit Pope Francis into their own agendas and biases.

Why are some in Washington starstruck by austerity, a bad idea whose time has not come?

Why are gays and lesbians more quickly suspected of sinful behavior?

Church reconstruction is moving forward at a faster pace after months of discussions.

South Korea’s bishops on April 5 asked Pope Francis to act as a peace mediator amid the escalating nuclear tension in the Asian peninsula. “The dominant sentiment among the South Korean population isn’t so much fear, but concern and bitterness for the current situation,” said

Sharing faith with the Eucharist

Will television schedules mean much in the future, when most content is captured on DVRs?

Jesus had harsh words for those who worshipped prestige over compassion.

This bowl must have been hanging in its treeabove the cars and parking meters, above menwrapped like pods and sleeping in doorways,above the coffee cup lids, newsprint cubism, andthe quintillion cigarette remnants of sidewalk still life.And now it’s underfoot, a sudden flash on wet pavement,it

Pope Francis said he wanted "to act decisively concerning cases of sexual abuse."

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and legendary opponent of South African apartheid, was awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize on April 4. • In a letter on March 22, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston urged Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to support the

Anyone who has visited the Frick Museum in New York and entered the main parlor whose walls are hung with splendid portrait after splendid portrait has witnessed one of the wittiest curatorial acts in museum-dom On either side of the massive fireplace hang two portraits by Hans Holbein Looking l

In the excerpt below from the White House transcript of the posthumous presentation of the medal of honor to Father Emil Kapaun President Obama recounts the remarkable story of the chaplain 39 s valor before during and after his capture by Chinese forces in North Korea quot I can 39 t imagine

The story of how an American Jesuit helped shape Pius XI's condemnation of Nazism.

Al Capp was as much a celebrity as L'il Abner, one of his chief creations.