Yukari Bakracli a tiny Kurdish village outside the city of Van in Turkey rsquo s southeast is home to the ruins of a once-famous 11th-century Armenian Christian monastery Known to Armenians as Varagavank it thrived as a place of worship until Turkish forces looted it and murdered parishioners in

When Francis Cardinal George died from cancer on April 17th the historian biographer George Weigel wrote an appreciation of the cardinal for the National Review rsquo s website ldquo Cardinal Francis George R I P rdquo nbsp It covered the cardinal rsquo s life and legacy as well as his impac

Award-winning author of a pair of science fiction works featuring Jesuits in outerspace

When I first spotted David Brooks rsquo s ldquo A Moral Bucket List rdquo an excerpt from his new book on morality The Road to Character which appeared in the New York Times Apr 12 I zipped through it quickly without giving it a chance to sink in Today rsquo s letters page Apr 19 with 8 r

Shrinking congregations presents an opportunity to rethink small Christian communities

A northwest side native, he was the sixth Cardinal to lead Chicago's 2.3 million Catholics.