Life-threatening mental health concerns affecting U.S. teens have reached a crisis point, complicated by a laundry list of social issues.

The Earth is in trouble. How can religious traditions like Christianity be bearers of wisdom and help lay out a roadmap for ecological care of the planet?

In 'Sister Death,' Beatrice Marovich explores the connections between living and dying in a way that seeks to refute the concept of death as enemy while not accepting it as something that is good or desirable.

George Weigel’s new book, 'To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II,' is a defense of the council against those who think it created a rupture with tradition (for better or for worse).

'City of Dignity,' by Sean T. Dempsey, S.J., tells a story of how progressive religious leaders, organizations and institutions worked to shape Los Angeles into a city where dignity flourished through their grassroots organizing and activism in the decades after World War II until the mid-1990s.

In 'Vigil Harbor,' Julia Glass shares a complex tale about a town’s history of close encounters with violence, but also about the open and helpful community that unintentionally enables some of the calamities that ensue.

Spending three months away is not a usual move for someone recently installed as editor in chief of a magazine and media ministry. Please be assured that I will continue to accompany you in prayer in tertianship.

Our society lacks the moral conviction that the unborn deserve protection in law. Pro-lifers must work to show that opposition to abortion is part of a moral vision, not mere political alignment.

Readers respond to Sherry Antonetti, who wrote about the challenges she faces as a mother when taking her teenagers to Mass. Many readers had similar experiences.

It is within the sacred space of the sacrament of reconciliation that someone can come to be heard.