Religious Liberty commissioners met for the final scheduled meeting and urged that the commission continue to “persevere in monitoring” threats to religious liberty.

Chair Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Vice Chair Ben Carson hosted the April 13 meeting with members Ryan Anderson; Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota; and Allyson Ho among others on the pa...

Iraqi Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, who until now led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Australia and New Zealand, was elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, succeeding Cardinal Louis Sako.

Archbishop Nona was elected April 12 during a Synod of Bishops convened in Rome, and he chose the name Paul III, the Chaldean patriarchate announced.

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St. Peter Gonzalez was born in Castille, Spain, in 1190. He was a member of a noble family, and became a priest as a step to a high office. 

One Christmas, during a grand entrance into the city, Peter was thrown from his horse into a pile of dung. He was humiliated in front of all the townspeople, and he believed they knew he was a fake. Peter withdrew from the wo...

Somehow, I missed Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” when I was in high school, but I can’t say that I really felt that gap in my British Literature reading until now.

That is because, had I read the original novel, I don’t think I would have bothered going to see the new movie titled “Wuthering Heights.”

A tremendous box office success, the movie marks a new lo...

“Your bishop presides in the place of God,” said Ignatius of Antioch, around A.D. 107.

I remember reading that line and wondering about the phrase “the place of God.” Did Ignatius mean “place” in the sense of location — meaning the presence or company of God? Or did he mean place in the sense of vicarious representation — meaning that the bishop is the agent of God’s w...