For U.S. Catholics, every synod is also a valuable reminder—and corrective—that it is not all about us.

A fatalistic attitude is not the proper response to climate change.

Two trends converged in Arkansas: reinforcing a stigma about receiving public assistance and using inefficient bureaucratic procedures to drive recipients off these assistance programs.

It should go without saying that there is little justification for such a callous and indifferent response to refugees at the exact moment that the United States enjoys its strongest economy in a generation.

The nomination of Judge Kavanaugh has become a referendum on how to address allegations of sexual assault.

Pope Francis, in keeping with his predecessors, has sought every opportunity to improve relations with the Chinese government. With the news that a historic agreement is imminent, the Vatican faces a risk and an opportunity.