July 2019

Why won’t the pope require bishops around the world to adopt the standards of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? It signed the treaty, but won’t comply.

Nature provides what technology can’t give. We must remember our responsibility to heal the planet, but we shouldn’t forget its ability to heal us.

It took me just over three years to become a Catholic. I came because there was no other place to hold the conversation about why I’m here and what I am to do.

Comedy isn’t supposed to travel well, but brilliant shows like ‘Dreamland’ and ‘Call My Agent!’ depict the lighter side of globalization.

American Catholicism has yet to find its way out of the blame game for the abuse crisis. We need institutions, but we also need reform.

Marie Ponsot was endowed with genius and its astonishing sweep, swiftness, and power. She passed away with seven books of poetry and numerous awards.

Why did so many descendants of Ellis Island immigrants vote for a president whose speech echoes 1920s eugenicists? A new book traces the rise of ‘scientific’ racism.

At vigils across the country on July 12, Americans raised their voices in protest of immigration policy.

Pope Francis’s gift of St. Peter’s relics to the Orthodox patriarch is remarkable. Rather than righting a previous wrong, it constitutes a genuine self-emptying.

The president’s vile behavior over the weekend makes one thing clear: Democrats need to build a broad coalition that will win the election in 2020.