The pope said that church teaching can contribute to a more humane and just society, but only if the church is allowed a voice in answering "the great questions of society in our time."

I grew up recognizing foreign as familiar, global as local and diverse as approximating perfection.

The president prefers to continue to campaign and stir up mobs instead of attempting to govern and serve the country.

During an exchange with a nun at a town hall, the Republican leader of the House argued that government is ineffective in fighting poverty.

The president had become a staple of our family dinner conversations. Then something clicked.

Last week, as events unfolded in Charlottesville, Va., my black Dominican father was pulled over by I.C.E.