Over the years, I did meet the moment sometimes, but certainly not always. When I examine my conscience, my missteps are ...

Molly McNett’s 'Child of These Tears' displays the difficulties of translation, the irreducibility of meaning, and the frustrating limitations of human nature and society.

We believers cannot answer our own questions, at least not to our satisfaction. But we equally cannot stop asking those ...

When William R. Burrows died last week, many a theologian and missionary remembered him as an important voice—and a valuable ...

What does joy mean when life contradicts it? In the Christian context, it is a "crucified joy," on that does not deny ...

Two people meet at a well, looking for water. One is tasked to return regularly; the other arrives in a moment of need. They come from two different worlds, which is why this encounter will change the ...

This Sunday’s first reading from Genesis narrates the call of Abram. God summons this great Hebrew patriarch to leave his land, family, and culture and to take up life in a land he does not know.

Gayle Feldman’s new biography of Bennett Cerf, 'Nothing Random,' is a window into the past of American literary culture.

Pope Leo XIV again called for a stop to “the thunderous sound of bombs” in Iran and the Middle East, for the guns to “fall silent” and for the opening of “a space for dialogue” to find a way out of ...

Pilgrims walk outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Courtney Mares ASSISI, Italy (OSV News) — For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal ...

James Talarico with Stephen Colbert in an interview that aired on Youtube on Feb. 17. Credit: Youtube. James Talarico doesn’t look like a threat. A baby-faced 36-year-old and Presbyterian seminarian, ...

A coffin is carried during the funeral of mostly children killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike Feb. 28 at a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.