Properly defined, feminism is a philosophy that embraces basic rights for all human beings without exception.

Jan. 31, 2015, would have marked the 100th birthday of the American Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton.

The word vocation, originally used to indicate lives directly consecrated to God through priestly or religious service, has recently come into use in a much broader fashion. To expand vocation to include the whole range of ways that lives can be given to God is a fair and sensible extension. After a

'The avoidance of these funeral rites may short-circuit grief and healing,' bishop said.

What is the word of God, and how do we hear it? A lecture by N. T. Wright.

When we think of martyrs for justice in the world today the beatitudes that immediately spring to mind may be ldquo blessed are the peacemakers rdquo or even ldquo blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness rdquo We likely don rsquo t give much thought to the martyrs as the pur