Last week I invoked the memory of Msgr John Tracy Ellis the great Church historian who was my mentor Whenever Msgr rsquo s memory comes to my mind it tends to stay there and this weekend found me seeing contemporary events in the Church through the clarifying lens of history Clemens August Dr

There is this erroneous notion that its unconstitutional if we are talking to religious leaders around the world, said Thomas F. Farr.

Professor William Goetzmann has had a long and distinguished career at Yale University and the University of Texas Austin going all the way back to 1966 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for Exploration and Empire The score of books he has written or co-authored have concentrated on the American We

The Benedictine priest Stanley L. Jaki (left), a Hungarian-born author, physicist, philosopher and theologian, died on April 7 in Madrid.

Thomas Cahill has interrupted his series on ldquo the hinges of history rdquo to present an inspiring example of human development on death row Dominique Green a young black man who grew up on the streets of Houston was cared for by his mother for a few brief years before she fell victim to dru

The Italian film "Gomorra" lends a more ominous meaning to the famous epithet, "See Naples and Die."

Reviving Amtrak; New York's New Archbishop

Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities

Currently, if anything about Christianity is taught, it is about the Crusades and the Inquisition. There is no teaching of comparative religion.

Archbishop Sheehan introduced the governor to Pope Benedict, saying, Holy Father, this is our governor and he just repealed the death penalty.

For nearly 50 years Mary Oliver has been falling in love with the world and writing poems that invite readers to fall in love right along with her Evidence the Pulitzer Prize-winner rsquo s 19th book of poetry offers a bountiful collection of 46 new poems many of which explore terrain featured

'Cruel and Unusual': a book about television, punishment and God

'Irena's Vow' stars the actress Tovah Feldshuh, who first appears onstage telling her incredible story to a group of high school students.

Silence and fervent prayer are no longer adequate responses to the priest shortage in the United States.

The challenge of forging a lasting peace

Amazing Grace Thanks to Frank Moan, S.J., for his reflections on prayer (“Finally, God’s Voice,” 2/9). It takes courage to punch through the veneers of doctrine and dogma and arrive at a place and time that is infused with God. Moan speaks to the sterility of words that can so easi

Notre Dames invitation to President Obama is the latest in a series of controversies concerning the identity of Catholic colleges.

Sister Marilyn Lacey rsquo s account of her journey to and through the experience of working with refugees can be read first of all as an adventure story It is her own adventure but also that of the many refugees she meets told with a simple directness that engages the reader from the outset Li