Refusing to raise the cap on our national debt would not lead to reduced government spending. But it would endanger economies all over the world.

If the world is to be saved from the evils of communism, Archbishop Fulton Sheen argued, only the Catholic Church, with its intolerance for falsehood, is up to the task.

Electronic encryption allows people to keep a list of information secure and untouchable by centralized powers. To some investors and speculators, and apparently to some Catholics, that possibility holds enormous appeal.

Sister Daly spent parts of five decades as a religious in corporate accountability and shareholder advocacy.

As the new prefect, Maximino Caballero Ledo becomes the second lay man to hold a top position in the Vatican.

A conversation with Kathryn Judge, the author of "Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source."