A Reflection for Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane

A judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

The Senate cafeteria workers are not asking for much—just an improved hourly rate that has a chance of catching up to inflation and something close to the health insurance abundance enjoyed by the senators they serve each day.

Father Kabat, an avid anti-nuclear protestor and member of the Plowshares Eight, is dead at 88 years old.

In the last of a series of audiences centered around the "catechesis of old age," Pope Francis emphasized the importance of finding God's promise for new life in the elderly.

America's editors shy away from endorsing political candidates—but J.F.K. proved a hard case, both during his life and in the decades since.

Sometimes not getting to do the thing that you want can actually feel kind of wonderful, even luxurious.

A coalition of 20 religious orders has sent an open letter to the U.N. requesting direct intervention against violent gangs in Haiti.

The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died in Rome at the age of 98.

There is no formula to charity, companionship or Matthew 25.