Walter Brueggemann's influence in the academy reached across denominations and traditions.

With the Gaza death toll rising and entire families obliterated as Israeli forces seek to strike diminishing numbers of Hamas targets, more impassioned appeals for an end to the violence have come from ecclesial and political leaders from around the world.

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle, by Ashley McKinless

Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized and is ready to face everything “out of love,” Pope Leo XIV said.

As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old pope presumably can read a balance sheet and make sense of the Vatican’s complicated finances, which have long been mired in scandal.

Improvements in health care in Eswatini have relied for years on Pepper and the generosity of the American people. During the height of the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic, Eswatini’s population plummeted, and life expectancy dropped from 61 in 1988 to 44 by 2003.

Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik from its website.

What did Papa Francisco see that we need to see? What tools do we have so we can choose correctly? And how do we act following our discernment?

The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything,” the pope said.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes