Only 48 residents of the Gaza Stripabout half as many as originally reportedwere able to attend the papal Mass in Bethlehem.

"Goodbye Solo" deals with the human desire to help those in need--and the equal desire, in some, not to be helped.

The 2,600-page report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse "throws light on a dark period of the past."

A newspaper is a business but it is also a public trust, an indispensable check on abuses of power.

Alan Wolfe's 'The Future of Liberalism,' reviewed

Why routine feedback on the Sunday homily is essential

We have a Vatican II president. Barack Obama, I am sure, does not think of himself in those terms, but when I heard his speech at Grant Park in Chicago the night he was elected, and more recently his commencement address at Notre Dame, that is what immediately struck me. On those occasions he embodi

Catholic social justice organizations, petitioned President Obama to support the formation of an independent commission on the use of torture.

Father Robert J. Cornell died May 10 at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wis.

Newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron on today's virtual Areopagus

Migrants and refugees tend to be the first to lose their jobs, in part because "their status is called into question."

A relief worker who recently returned from Pakistan's Swat Valley said the civilians displaced by a government crackdown face "horrible conditions."

Avery Dulles: A portrait of the theologian as a young man

The Archbishop of Dublin has greeted the new Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols with an unusual rebuke Dr Martin on Thursday described his remarks on the ldquo courage rdquo of Irish religious orders in confronting child abuse as unhelpful The report by the Commission to Inquire into

The scandal over the expenses of British politicians has gone on long enough says the Archbishop of Canterbury who has warned that the systematic humiliation of MPs over their expenses is a threat to democracy in Britain Writing in The Times on Saturday Dr Rowan Williams said the daily press re

The transfiguration of Jesus already spoke of the glory of Jesus in this story the showing of Jesus rsquo glory we recall that glory is a characteristic of kingship means to underline what in the hours of Jesus rsquo trial and death seemed an impossible outcome of crucifixion To put his deat

More on our online Culture page nbsp Here s a smart and funny review about a smart and funny show 30 Rock written by Jake Martin a Jesuit scholastic who used to be a stand-up comic nbsp nbsp nbsp Martin no relation other than being my brother Jesuit explains why the show is more than

William Saletan has a nuanced nbsp article on Slate about what Obama s visit to Notre Dame the source of seemingly unending controversy nbsp Here s Saletan Smart pro-lifers understand the multidimensionality of public opinion That s why in his introduction of Obama Notre Dame s president t