Like most public writers, I was used to getting notes that were crude, crazy or even mildly threatening. Normally, I would say a quick prayer for these obviously troubled people and get on with my day. This time it felt different, precisely because the author wasn’t insulting or obviously deranged.

In cities across the country, local activists marched in support of a progressive agenda centered on economic justice, racial justice and immigrant rights.

The virgin birth is the resurrection, being read into human sexuality

Confronted with a political candidate’s Islamophobic language, the author chose not to walk away or to pounce in anger, but to reach across a divide.

The new pastoral letter on racism was approved by the bishops, 241 to 3, on Nov. 14.

Shining a light on the truth, followed by some sort of atonement, seemed the right thing to do, especially at a time of rising and relegitimized white supremacy in the United States.