The major-party presidential nominees have dramatically different visions for this country.

In order to come to terms with the sale of 272 slaves to two Louisiana businessmen in 1838, Georgetown University and the Jesuits of Maryland should offer a formal apology and enact a series of reforms. They include renaming buildings, offering financial aid to the descendants of those slaves and co

"Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy."

A judge in California ruled on Aug. 26 that a group of doctors could continue a court challenge to the state’s new assisted-suicide law but that the law would not be put on hold while they did so. • While hailing a peace agreement that ended 50 years of civil conflict in Colombia, Pope Fr

Benedict XVI: “Obedience to my successor has always been unquestionable.”

It is hard to say that anything on the small screen has surpassed “Dekalog” since it first aired in 1989.

The politics of fear are stalling much needed criminal justice reform.

“This is not a religious or political issue; it is a human tragedy, but one which, with determination, we can do something about."

Taking Back the Night is praying for peace in the city with the second-highest murder rate in the country.

"Practical governance was not my forte and this certainly was a weakness."