For many Americans, the White House is not something to be captured, but something to be resisted.

In the end—at the end—the human heart has only one plea. It wants to live. It knows that it was not created to go down into the darkness.

Pope Francis called for a different kind of synod, something that was both new to most of us and yet also deeply rooted in our tradition. And that different kind of synod would inevitably have bumpy spots.

Paul Ryan’s attitude toward taking command of the Republican forces reminds me of another GOP leader: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Three years after Paul Ryan and Joseph R. Biden debated as vice presidential candidates, Washington is anxiously waiting for them to make anguishing choices about their futures—whether Mr. Ryan will answer his fractured party’s pleas to serve as speaker and whether Mr. Biden has the emot

Justin Trudeau promised “sunny ways” in his victory speech and proclaimed, “A positive, optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn’t a naïve dream—it can be a powerful force for change.”

Francis demonstrates how to share Catholic moral principles in ways that invite and persuade rather than alienate and push people away.

The presidential debates tell us a lot about the candidates’ personalities, but watch enough of them and you can also find some striking and unexpected statements about policy.

Justice and peace are of God. To receive them, the depths of the human must be laid open.

Mr. Xi’s visit came as his leadership of China’s economy is increasingly being questioned.