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We asked you to tell us your stories of why you came, left, or stayed in the church. In this installment, readers articulate reasons to remain

As the U.S. bishops attend a retreat at Mundelein Seminary outside Chicago, Pope Francis urges them to embrace genuine humility

Despite Kirstjen Nielsen’s attempts to assert the contrary, the administration’s current policies regularly place asylum seekers under detention

A civil war that had raged for more than two decades in Uganda was brought to an end through bold peacemaking and innovative inter-religious dialogue

Greg Burke brought an American way of doing business to a dysfunctional press office. But he quickly grew weary of the Vatican’s culture of caution and cover-up

The joy that derives from reading Wendell Berry’s fiction is not just a consequence of his literary craft, but of his theistically charged cosmology

A freewheeling memoir from the 1940s explores the underground world of jazz music, forcefully probing both class consciousness and racial identity

When I felt myself most unloveable, she loved me

Modernity has made it easier to live longer, but more difficult to die well. Mannix’s book imparts valuable lessons on both fronts

As conservative media kicks up clouds of misinformation surrounding the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller continues his investigation with quiet dignity

The Met’s permanent collection can tell you a great deal about powerful empires. The Armenia exhibit gives us a view from the margins

Advent is supposed to be a hopeful time of expectation. But this December, I sat in a hospice room waiting for my mother to die