Dr. Toni Reaves of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics leads “From the Manger to the Movement,” a four-week online exploration of the Christmas story and its links to universal themes of hope ...

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry columns appear four times a year.

As your servant St. Francis prayed on a long-ago day, “Make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where ...

Samwise Gamgee epitomizes the virtue of hope. In one of the darkest moments in The Lord of the Rings, when Sam believes Frodo ...

DECEMBER, BUT I have been thinking about what to write for this column ever since I first heard hints of a Christmas jingle in an advertisement. It was sandwiched between a couple of other ads for ...

John questions Jesus from prison in today's Gospel -- for his disciples' sake and for ours. He knows that Jesus is doing ...

COMMENTARY: Researchers continue to examine the tilma’s stars, flowers and even the reflections in Our Lady’s eyes. Their ...