Aldous Huxley convinced me to try psychedelic drugs. Thomas Merton gave me a healthy suspicion of them.

In 'Zero at the Bone,' Christian Wiman offers a prismatic series of 50 chapters (52, counting the mystical zeros at the beginning and end) featuring essays, poems, theological reflections, personal reminiscences and literary analyses.

When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Derek Brown, an award-winning bartender turned expert on no- and low-alcohol cocktails and mindful drinking.

“Sober St. Patrick’s Day” is set to mark its 13th year of celebrating Irish arts, culture and food—minus the alcohol—following New York’s annual parade for the beloved patron saint of the Irish.

The pope suffered from the flu for almost two weeks and hardly spoke in public. During a visit to a parish on Friday, he appeared recovered and preached for an unusually long time.