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Donald Trump's admonition that journalists "shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name" would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous.

Regarding what the Democratic Party did wrong, and what it should do right now, two camps continue to oppose one another.

Maren Ade's 'Toni Erdmann' is a film that defies easy summary

We buried one of my heroes last month. She was my mother-in-law. In the case of Helen Boyle, “hero” might be a form of understatement.

Far from being an oddity best ignored, "Populorum progressio" still offers vital resources for the dilemmas and decisions now facing the church.

"It was anybody’s son at the door/   in the dripping green slicker/      with the unsigned contract for selling my soul"

"Rare amalgam of Word and Spirit / structure and energy, / the dance of one and many, / of loss and gain."

"After two weeks’ absence, the clover is high as a fence. / The weeds are white-tipped frills of grass"

The grass-roots vitality Trump has unleashed against him in just a month is already close to matching the positive enthusiasm Obama nurtured in his 2008 campaign.

'Paterson' isn’t my Paterson, New Jersey, nor could it be—too much water over the Falls

While the Church of the Covenant of the Sacred Heart serves as a haven, Turkey itself can be hard on those forced to make the country their temporary home.

San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy draws a bright moral line

Readers chime in on liturgical issues, Martin Scorsese's faith, and the catholicity of our colleges and universities.

If America has seen itself as China’s big brother, helping it to navigate the currents of modernity, this view was seldom shared by Chinese leaders.

Vittorio Montemaggi's unconventional book argues that, for Dante, human life is a journey toward union with God that must be undertaken with others.