Everyone wants to believe that there is a reason for everything that happens and that good prevails over evil. We know it does not always happen that way.

We asked readers in the U.S. about their patriotism.

Doing what we can to bring people together, to build community and to foster the sense of belonging of which Father Michael Rozier speaks is hugely important if we are to care for the whole person.

Respondents to a new America poll said overwhelmingly that their parishes kept them up-to-date with paper bulletins (97 percent) and announcements at Mass (91 percent).

You give me hope for the future in a very grim present.

Ninety-one percent of respondents to our survey told us that living in a democracy was either extremely or very important to them.

This is a thoughtful article that goes to the heart of much of the divisiveness in the church today. The charge that polling is flawed because it isn't focused on 'real' Catholics is a cudgel in the culture wars.

When asked to describe what a good death meant for them, many readers referred to surviving family and friends in their answers.

Twenty-five percent told us that one or more of their children had left the church.

Being pro-life means a lot more than being anti-abortion.