We asked our readers to reflect on times when they have seen or recognized examples of racial prejudice in their own lives.

Most of the people I know are cone-shaped. Always protruding.

Two recently published books from Oxford University Press address the variegated and multifaced character of sin in the New Testament.

The coronavirus epidemic claimed more than 120,000 lives by late June, and its effects have been felt in communities across the country—but not equally.

His vivid firsthand experiences on the job as a police officer are recounted extensively in Adam Plantinga's new book.

If the pandemic and the swell of protests have shown that Americans are still capable of heeding the call of their better angels, it has also exposed the flaws and deficiencies of our political leadership.

Leslie Woodcock Tentler's new book is both a rigorous and laudable effort to cure American Catholics of the illusion that our desires have no history.

Ted Gioia's new treatise on music and musicians covers everything from the Big Bang to gangsta rap.

The events of 2020 show that Americans still struggle to achieve social justice, writes Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia in a July 4 reflection. Yet we can take note of what we have survived so far.

Ross Douthat explores the cultural, economic and political torpor that he thinks has emerged in the United States over the last half-century.

It's O.K. if continuing to follow God's voice doesn't mean you end up where you think you're going to end up.

Jesuitical interviews Bishop Robert Barron.

Today’s court decision removes any judicial check on the Trump administration’s efforts to fast-track the deportations of asylum seekers who cannot show strong evidence of persecution in their home countries.

In a report, Refugees International claims that U. S. immigration policy of denying asylum to Guatemalans--in addition to poor living conditions--has led to the spread of coronavirus throughout the Americas.

A Redemptorist priest, Father Joe Maier, reflects on his nearly 50 years as a missionary in Bangkok, Thailand.

A priest in Providence, Rhode Island, reflects on how ministering to patients ill with coronavirus has given him new perspective on faith and ministry.

Can the humanities help us find intellectual, emotional and spiritual shelter during our present time of crises?