The holiday special was the product of a Jewish producer from San Francisco and a Mexican-American Catholic whose mother brought him across the border in the 1920s.

No king has ever calmed these waters.

Maura Clarke might appear to have been a loser in the fight for human dignity. Not so.

A hospice chaplain learns that people carry burdensome secrets and regrets, and the prospect of dying makes them want to unload them.

The 19th century witnessed an intriguing range of tsars, from reformist to reactionary or a combination of both.

As the historic presidency of Barack Obama comes to an end, our country is reminded that the African-American story continues to be written today.

In the United States we need in humility to allow ourselves to be judged by the truth.

As long as I have lived here, almost 30 years now, a mockingbird has arrived every spring and stayed until the approach of winter.

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Speaking from Baghdad on Dec. 14, Kevin Hartigan, Catholic Relief Services' regional director for the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe told America that his team was bracing for what may be unprecedented numbers of people in flight from the contested city.