Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., who served from 1983 to 2008 as the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 26, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. • In a report released on Nov. 30, Caritas Europa charged that austerity policies have left 120 million p

Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.

Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.

No civilized society can remain indifferent to the clear suffering of so many at this time.

One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.

Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.