In 1929 shortly before he was to leave Germany to become cardinal secretary of state the then papal nuncio and future pontiff Eugenio Pacelli expressed his apprehension about Hitler ldquo This man is completely obsessed rdquo he said ldquo All that is not of use to him he destroys all th
A few weeks ago I spent a muggy evening on my front porch ruminating: I wondered how it was that in a lifetime of reading I had seldom encountered a book whose primary character was a mother.
The proximity of religious difference in our globalized world raises new tasks for Christians As our workplaces schools and communities are increasingly multireligious it rsquo s a good idea to have some understanding of the faiths our neighbors profess But as this volume suggests our interreli
In the Basilicia of the Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí brought the divine into the heart of secular Western Europe.
The increase in poverty rates in 2009 was the second-largest year-to-year uptick since 2004.
Belgian bishops offer new "healing initiatives" and a promise to work with authorities to prevent abuse and expose past cases.
Recent report shows Latin America as the most unequal distributor of income in the world.