"No institution in the United States has done more in recent years than the Catholic Church to take proactive steps to protect children from the evil of sexual abuse," wrote Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington in a Nov. 2 letter emailed to Catholics in his archdiocese.

Rabbi Daniel Polish he topsy-turvy world of Psalm 118

Perhaps we need to meditate more on the active work of Advent.

The new film 'The 33' captures stories of suffering and hope

An old book teaches some new literary lessons.

Saying, “I believe we’re out of time” to mount a campaign, Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would not run for president in 2016.

Jesus himself was merely “the Nazarene” to those who wanted to denigrate him.

Our painful attempts to live a fulfilling sexual existence could be helped by a consideration of the world of agriculture. This idea is hardly novel, and it owes much to that fine essay by Wendell Berry, “The Body and the Earth,” but I think we have yet to tease out the essential connect

A reflection on Sunday's reading from the Rev. Terrance Klein