Faith in Focus

The U.S. Postal Service announced in February that it would discontinue Saturday deliveries. When members of Congress strongly protested, the post office suspended its plans, but the reprieve may be short-lived. Polls show that most Americans approve of cutting Saturday delivery.My fellow citizens s

The sacred and secular meet in a future priest’s experience on the battlefield.

I don’t like placing ashes on babies’ foreheads. But I do it.

Forty years after her mother’s death, the author finds forgiveness in unexpected places.

While walking home from a nearby shopping mall in Nairobi one evening, I was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. Most of my friends, family and colleagues responded along two somewhat predictable and justified lines: 1) “Why were you walking in the evening? It’s dangerous—stop walkin

About 10 years ago a fellow Jesuit put me in touch with the person in charge of booking all the entertainers for one of the major cruise lines. Her job includes managing the singers, the dancers, the jugglers, the magicians—and the priests. While I had long admired the large cruise ships float

Through tragedy and hardship, Robert Maloney discovers the resiliency of hope.

Managing Editor Kerry Weber on committing to a lifestyle—and lifetime—of mercy.