A truly communal outlook goes beyond facile images of togetherness, and focuses on creating and sustaining the common good.

The Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland transformed the horror of an egregious crime into raising awareness of violence against ...

Perhaps one reason we are so casual, in the United States, about the barbaric taking of life is that we're so far removed ...

Dominic Sanfilippo offers a reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, year A: What is making you restless this ...

This midterm election brings U.S. Catholics to reckon with their identity as members of a political and ecclesiastical body.

Mental health counselor Paul Fahey has published the definitive resource on Catholic spiritual abuse—but says there is work ...

Liam Watson is studying for a Master of Theological Studies degree at Duke University, with a focus in Ethics and concentrations in Catholic Studies, ...

August is a month full of mixed emotions as many of us try to pack in one last summer adventure. The expectation and anticipation that accompany the start of a new school year ask all of us, not just ...

Catherine Conybeare is Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities and professor of Greek, Latin, and classical studies at Bryn Mawr College. “I never intended to write a biography of Augustine,” says ...

Most Catholics have a pet list of teachings that they wish would be declared infallibly, or ex cathedra (from the Chair of Peter). Odds are that these often revolve around hot-button issues like women ...

Did Jesus have a real job? This is the question behind “was Jesus a carpenter”—which sounds a bit dismissive: as if teaching, preaching, and healing (not to mention redeeming the world) weren’t ...