We didn't know yet what Christmas in the convent meant.

Cardinal Dolan calls fatal shooting 'brutal, irrational'

'Deeper than woman complementing man, Mary is human, as utterly particular and fragile as any one of us.' A reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Jack Miles is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning work nbsp God A Biography nbsp 1996 In the most recent issue of nbsp The Atlantic nbsp Dec 2014 he shares a portion of his own story The former Jesuit seminarian was so impressed by the audacious atheism of the philosopher Bert

New law provides additional oversight and training for federal child care program.

Has the time come for a truth and reconciliation commission on racial justice?

Given the state of race relations in our country it may seem superfluous to be writing about the remembrance of a person who is popularly portrayed in the culture as a white bearded jolly fellow in a red suit and black boots with a sack overloaded with presents for expectant children waiting and dr

Each Advent Christians reminisce about the humble yet earth-shaking birth of Christ.

No less an authoritative voice than that of Michael Caine intones the professorial judgment ldquo We must confront the reality that nothing in our solar system can help us rdquo nbsp The irrepressible Matthew McConaughey responds ldquo Now you need to tell me what your plan is to save the worl

At Starbucks recently, my gaze caught something out of place: an Advent Calendar.