The Vatican unveiled its official Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square on Friday evening, surprising some with its depiction of an astronaut and another figure wearing a Darth Vader-esque helmet coming to adore the Christ child.

The American myth today faces existential challenges that no longer only come from the fringes.

Biographer Eileen Markey said that the four women were very aware that their work could put them in harm’s way.

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is. 

Instead of looking past the failings of Pope John Paul II, we should look squarely at them.

It’s not just popes: The church needs more time to examine any person’s life.