The initiative will provide recommendations for faith-based programs to partner with the government to fight poverty.

This week, we talk with Wajahat Ali, a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, where he covers religion, family life and U.S. politics.

The conflict between Mr. Ryan’s libertarianism and his Catholicism rests on rival anthropologies.

On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic peace activists burned draft files in an act of protest against the Vietnam War. This excerpt from America’s report of the trial (10/26/68) relates a “most unusual colloquy” between the defendants and the judge.

Abandoning social customs tends to benefit elites by reinforcing social barriers rather than removing them.