Also known as “Mother with Her Dead Son,” this sculpture gives expression to the mourning of mothers everywhere, from the Middle East to the Congo. In this way, it draws us into the heart of Jesus’ cryptic beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn.”

Newly discovered letters from World War I pacifists imprisoned for refusing military service shed fresh light on a long-suppressed chapter of American history – and on the meaning of religious liberty today.

An interview with Cardinal Donald Wuerl on discipleship and politics, and on Pope Francis’s advice to pastors (and the rest of us).

A review of a new book, Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking questions the assumption that Bonhoeffer renounced pacifism.

Russell Moore speaks about the increasing relevance of the Sermon on the Mount, testifying to the truth about marriage and the marginalization of Christianity.

“We must place the Jesus of the four Gospels in the center of our faith and life. This Jesus has become unknown. His words have been distorted and disfigured, his work weakened. We must rediscover this Jesus and hold him up before all the world...”

When Damien and Maria made their wedding vows fifty years ago they were under no illusions. A life of poverty compounded by an incurable sickness promised mostly hardship. Today they love each other more than ever.

We pray for an end to war. But unless we combine this prayer with giving to the least of God’s children, and fasting in order that we may help feed the hungry, and penance in recognition of our share in the guilt, our prayer may become empty words.

Even your teenager, safe in his or her bedroom “doing homework,” has the world’s vices just one click, swipe, or tap away. So what can we do? Against this backdrop, how does the two-thousand-year-old teaching of Jesus apply?

In a dark forest there lived a terrible dragon. He spat poison, breathed fire, and ate people and animals in a way that was sad to see. Of course, everyone was terrified, but they did not reckon with a little girl and her guardian angel.

A translation of Patrizia Cavalli’s poem, "I cannot love what you are," alongside the original Italian text.

Read a sampling of Jane Tyson Clements poetry that explores the varied emotions of life: love, longing, and loss; memory, sacrifice, and desire; struggle and frustration, joy and resolve.