Pope Francis in his two years as pontiff has often urged people of faith to be better people of faith To walk the talk To get with the program To do as Jesus would do His example inspires us just as his writings enlighten us The pope reminds us that God calls us to love no matter what He e

The news concerning religion is not very encouraging these days particularly when it is coupled with terrorism and violence skewering its true meaning for those who seek its relevance However there are stories that offer glimmers of hope there are instances where people of faith can come togeth

The ldquo Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination rdquo the conference organized by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and held on the campus of U S C was lovely for many reasons For one I have read nearly all the stories of Tobias Wolff ldquo Hunters in the Snow rdquo ldquo

Pew poll finds 68 percent of religious 'nones' see pope favorable.

Healthy box office draw proved the viability of religious projects on the big screen

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said Islamic State militants terrorizing the Middle East are a distortion of ldquo genuine rdquo Islam much as the Irish Republican Army was a ldquo perversion rdquo of Catholicism Dolan rsquo s comments to CNN on March 3 reflect similar statements about the Is