Despite the personal, political, and institutional disappointments of the year, Advent gives us a time to lift our heads and seek new life in unexpected places.
The extent to which Facebook prioritizes profits over safety is especially alarming in light of just how integrated Facebook has become across the globe.
American attention on Afghanistan often neglects the material needs of ordinary Afghans, especially food security, which is now being threatened by climate change.
The challenges of Eucharistic coherence and abortion require distinct responses from American bishops. Trying to address them together will only harm them both.
In Russia, the state uses the Orthodox Church to advance its revisionist agenda, while the Church uses the state to fulfill its own hegemonic ambitions.