Dispatches

Saying rural Americans can’t have their hunting rifles is a lot like punishing a whole class because a couple kids are screwing around—it’s not fair and seriously counterproductive.

After Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, Holy Doors will be opened in all the cathedrals of the world on Dec. 13.

Father David Kelly is a leading proponent of a concept called “restorative justice.” It’s an approach that includes bringing perpetrators and victims together, and involving their families and community in a joint effort to repair the harm done by a crime.

Opposition to the bombing included that of many faith-groups.

Background checks are important, but to some degree peripheral to the larger issues of the sheer volume and penetration of firearms in American society today.

The South African paralympian will return to prison after an appeals court found him guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

What Einstein’s breakthrough can teach Christians about the value of a free and foolish heart

Someone is shot in Chicago on the average of every three hours. There have been more than 400 shooting deaths in the city so far this year, up 18 percent already from last year.

On the flight from Bangui to Rome, the pope addressed questions on COP21, Vatileaks, Islam