Mary Parks offers a reflection for the thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 15, year A: You don’t have to be ...

While never a card-carrying member of the party, Dorothy Day sometimes identified as a communist. But what about after she ...

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

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

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

Restoring the woman's diaconate would be countercultural—and theologically correct, says scholar Phyllis Zagano.

“Who do people say that I am?” Jesus asked his disciples. Their answers—from John the Baptist to Elijah or one of the prophets—reveal how his followers understood his life and mission. Today, asking ...

There are certain core beliefs that every Christian denomination shares: the Trinity. The divinity of Jesus. Jesus’ death and resurrection. Some Protestants have little in common with Catholics beyond ...

Any Catholic with an interest in church politics probably knows about the tradition of “papal smoke” when a new pontiff is chosen. Crowds gather in Vatican City, watching the chimney on the roof of ...

Today’s gospel tells a story of unity in diversity. Jews from every nation had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, which falls fifty days after the second day of Passover.