Separatists are demanding a $50,000 ransom for the release of their victims.

Israelis will go to the polls on Nov. 1 for the fifth time in less than four years. Will the elections bring any significant change in this divided country, or offer any hope for a resolution to the more than 70-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.

While it is immensely helpful, even necessary, one does not need to have a specifically Christian hope in order to find any hope in politics. We need only look to our national history.

While welcoming Mr. Biden’s message, Matt Malone, S.J., argued that it did little to sway Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2020. Here are readers' responses.

U.S. municipal water and wastewater systems are buckling after decades of neglect.