A survey of children's books that put a human face on the complexities of America’s past

Fiction moves us, engages us, finds for us truths we may not have recognized when first presented to us as fact. Fiction teaches us agility, the importance of leaping from word to meaning, and the pleasure that’s to be had in doing so.

It is time for the laity to speak out and act like true disciples of Christ in spreading the joy of the Gospel. 

It is astonishing to think that God would choose to enter the world this way: as a fragile newborn who could not even hold up his own head without help.

Some church leaders in Ireland say the World Meeting of Families, to be held next year in Dublin, should be open to all kinds of families, including gay couples.