Political infighting of recent weeks have put “The People’s House” in a very bad light

Pope Francis said that Christians can't be like Pontius Pilate and wash our hands of politics.

We Americans enjoy a beautiful heritage of religious freedom. Claiming that heritage today requires encounter and engagement between people who hold different viewpoints, so that we can grow to respect the right and duty of every person to live in accordance with her or his conscience.

Back in Rome, Francis faces a bigger test than U.S. trip

Courageous conscientious objectors whose claims are denied engage in civil disobedience and bear the consequences.

Joseph Koterski, S.J., on the good, the trendy and the worrisome in modern academia