Fans of Colm Tóibín will no doubt be pleased at the news that he has a new book of essays coming out.

A look back at Thomas Mann's 'Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man' and 'The Magic Mountain' reveals an author perpetually in exile—literally and figuratively.

“The Swimmers” follows the now-famous story of the Mardini sisters, competitive swimmers who escaped the war in Syria in 2015, crossing the sea from Turkey to Greece on a rubber dinghy.

The expanded child tax credit kept millions of children out of poverty last year, but it expired amid partisan bickering. Making it permanent would be pro-family, pro-child, pro-life and anti-poverty.

“Whether it be directed towards people of color, immigrants, Jews, Muslims, hatred is never acceptable,” said the archbishop of Washington and Catholic co-chair of the National Council of Synagogues consultation for the U.S.C.C.B.

Many Argentines have been rooting vocally for their national team, but taking care to pray to the country’s many folk saints.

A Reflection for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Cecilia González-Andrieu

A Reflection for Saturday of the Second Week of Advent, by Kaya Oakes

A Reflection for Sunday of the Third Week of Advent, by Kerry Weber

Pietro Di Donato wrote 'The Penitent' because he thought it to be a profoundly human story—though both the murderer and the victim became larger than life in reality.