It will be said that Trump was elected and thus deserves some benefit of the doubt. Isn't it rash to declare him unfit after so little time? The answer is no.
Who is behind the poster campaign to smear the pope in Rome? His conservative opponents within the church, or his nationalist and far-right political foes?
Cardinal Burke and Steve Bannon share an ominous clash-of-civilizations ideology. They fear progressive movements. Their “meeting of hearts” is nothing to celebrate.
Many American Catholics have ancestors who were the beneficiaries of the Immigration Bureau’s advocacy. Will they support the bishops who speak out today?
Since Francis stripped Burke's duties as his personal representative to the Order of Malta, what are his options for dealing with this trouble-making cardinal?
Pope Francis had a golden opportunity several days ago and really blew it—but blame Msgr. Dario Viganò, the prefect for the Secretariat for Communications.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s presence at the inauguration should prompt sober reflection about the role of faith leaders when it comes to their relationship with power.
In his farewell, Barack Obama offered nothing less than a robust defense of the communitarian values that have long been central to Catholic social thought.
Giorgio De Maria’s reissued novel is classic Italian horror: claustrophobic, nightmarish, tinged with perversions of Catholicism. It also presages our digital world.
In Mary, God’s unique creative act becomes human procreation and the divine takes on visible form. We might think of her as the first Christian artist.
Donald Trump's cavalier and arrogant response to the CIA's finding that Russia actively intervened in our election only deepens our fears about his win.
Some of the anxiety pervading reception of 'Amoris laetitia' invites misconstruals of the text that dwarf whatever legitimate worries that critics may have.
Like a nightmare where you can sense the macabre ending in advance, an electoral scenario favoring the National Front's Marine Le Pen is starting to take shape.
Vibrant suspicion of government is the bedrock of democracy and our robust civil society. But it also means we’re unsure of what to do with our our own government.
