Bernardo Arévalo campaigned on an anti-graft agenda in a contest that many in Guatemala had assumed was rigged from the start against insurgent candidacies.

It was touted as a sedative with no hangover. It was hailed as non-addictive. It was rumored to present no side effects. It was trumpeted in medical journal ads as “astonishingly safe” and “completely non-poisonous.”

So many people complain and say that everything is going wrong. But that’s not what the Christian is called to do; instead, he is called to deal with it, to get his or her hands dirty.

To be the writerly son of a writerly father is not always the easiest vocation. When that parent is as famous as Andre Dubus, it must be doubly difficult. But who knows: Maybe it can make for great art? One might ask Andre Dubus III.

What our aging politicians can learn from Pope Benedict XVI’s historic resignation

Neighbor before house, the house is gone. Neighbor before house, here is some food we managed to find. Neighbor before house, at least we have each other.

The grisly killing of a seminarian highlights the violent persecution Christians have faced in Nigeria and around the world.

The Ulma beatification poses several new theological concepts about the Catholic Church’s ideas of saints and martyrs that have implications for the anti-abortion movement because of the baby in the mother’s womb.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

The rectory is dead. Long live the rectory!