The U.S. executive branch has long been expanding its powers to wage war, writes Maryann Cusimano Love, but President Trump seems eager to go even further in acting without congressional authorization.

Without the I.N.F. Treaty, there are no longer any limits on destabilizing intermediate-range weapons. There are also no mechanisms for verification and transparency measures or other confidence-building exchanges among military officials and nuclear arms scientists.

Pope Francis had strongly favored the pact, which sought to integrate Iran into the global economy in exchange for remaining nuclear-free.

Will bombing or putting American “boots on the ground” bring peace to Syria?

Despite the many pronouncements that the 2016 presidential election cycle is completely unprecedented, the biggest foreign policy debates in which this year’s candidates are engaged are actually very old.

"When persecution happens in Nigeria, Pakistan or Iraq, it is not happening to 'others.'

Ambassador Saperstein's remarks show the promise of pluralism in societies that protect religious freedom, where a Jewish rabbi can stand with a Catholic nun in solidarity against violence and repression.

The Roman historian Tacitus, writing near the time of Jesus, described how the Pax Romana was experienced by people, like the Celts and Jews, who had been conquered by the Romans: “They make a desolation and call it ‘peace,’” he wrote, quoting Calgacus, a besieged Caledonian

Holy Week and Easter are where the rubber meets the road of our faith We look horrific suffering and death in the eye and wonder how God can be present through it all calling us closer to new life We are called to be an Easter people But do we truly believe in the resurrection not just as a h

You never know what you’re going to get during the dinner table family roundup of the day’s events. Our kindergartner recently told us: “The king and queen of England used to be really mean. They made everybody go to one church. They wouldn’t let people go to other churches.