I stay because the church feels enough like my own that I can say to those guilty of abuse, neglect, and coverup: I won’t let you have it.

The first of a series by Fr. Incognitus, who has worked in Southwest parishes serving immigrants from Central America, Mexican Americans, and Euro-Americans.

Cloistered life, the supernatural, and the Qur’an. We survey a new set of religious texts for scholars and seekers.

There is a basic division in contemporary Jewish life, and in all communities that purport to interpret a religious tradition: that of self-expression and community.

Unlike most revolutions, the Irish War of Independence ultimately led to a democracy, not an autocracy ruled by a new gang of tyrants. It deserves to be remembered.

Whether we like it or not, we in the West inhabit a world that remains structured by Christian assumptions and informed by Christian ideas.

Despite the assertions of Francis’s critics, the current pope has in fact pushed out from a path firmly forged by his predecessors.

Mike Wallace contributed both good and ill to the evolution of American journalism. Perfect for an era of fake news, a new documentary traces his evolution.

Is liberal democracy really so exhausted that there is no choice but to abandon it? The hopeful answer, articulated earlier by Italian priest Luigi Sturzo, is no.

The conspiracy-mongering in which many of the Pope Francis’s most outspoken opponents indulge seems increasingly delusional, and even dangerous.

Democrats and Republicans both have proposals for paid family leave. So why can’t they agree on a set of policies, one that balances solidarity and subsidiarity?

Following the news can be exhausting. But that doesn’t absolve us of the duties and responsibilities of participatory democracy.

A true culture of life welcomes the stranger, embraces the orphan, and binds the wounds of all who are our neighbors.