For us diehard baseball fans, Ángel Hernández's retirement should not be a moment to revisit his past errors and sneer. Instead, it is a chance to express mercy in a world that, as Pope Francis reminds us, is in dire need of it.

Our theology of relics tells us something beautiful and profound not only about God but about what we believe about materiality itself.

"If we come to understand that God suffers alongside us as one who truly knows what it means to suffer, our anger morphs into love and our suffering mysteriously becomes a means of transformation."

'The Seven Storey Mountain,' a book whose 75th anniversary is celebrated this month, is widely considered a spiritual classic, and it continues to find new readers every year.

George Weigel’s new book, 'To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II,' is a defense of the council against those who think it created a rupture with tradition (for better or for worse).

To receive already baptized Christians into the church at the vigil may be well-intentioned, but liturgically speaking, it is akin to suggesting that the candidates were not actually Christians before being received into the church.

Live baseball is more sublime and spiritually satisfying than any other sporting event—even when your team loses.

Faced with anxieties we have not experienced since the Cold War, perhaps it is time to return to Thomas Merton’s writings on nuclear weapons and the Christian responsibility to advocate for peace in a nuclear age.

Thich Nhat Hanh, who died on Jan. 21, had a profound influence on Thomas Merton, who said, “I have far more in common with Nhat Hanh than I have with many Americans, and I do not hesitate to say it.”

Do the new restrictions on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass increase our unity? Or do they sacrifice unity for uniformity?