Jim Casy’s dying words echo those of our Lord: “Father, forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”

On this night, when Jesus has nothing left to give, he gives all. He gives his very self.

I was the Jewish equivalent of a Christmas-and-Easter Christian. Then I met Jesus on the trail.

On April 12, Pope Francis appointed James Martin, S.J., America's editor at large, as a consulter to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications.

Three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views about Muslims, Catholics are less likely than other Americans to know a Muslim personally, and nearly 50 percent of Catholics can't name any similarities between Catholicism and Islam.