There are some truly excellent films about monks, with deep insights into the love of God and the nature of sacrifice. But why aren’t there more?

A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent, by Valerie Schultz

As the pope’s step faltered, his cries for peace increased, although not without controversy and criticism.

The Rev. Hans Zollner said the recent statement by the Jesuit order about the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik “raised questions that, as far as I see, can only be answered by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.”

After Dorothy Day's death in 1980, her biographer William Miller wrote her obituary for America, noting that "the amazing thing about her life was the improbability of it all."

I typed “Why does God…” into Google to see what would auto-populate. The question, “Why does God hate me?” was number three on the list.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent, by Heather Trotta

Diocesan newspapers in New York and Portland, Ore., are shutting down this year. With fewer Catholic print publications in the United States, who will tell the story of the local church?

The 117th Congress, now in lame-duck session, has a last-ditch opportunity to approve the first significant agricultural worker reform bill in a generation.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent, by Kevin Clarke