Two decades after the Vatican was first forced to reckon with the clerical sexual abuse crisis, church experts on Thursday (April 11) addressed the institution’s failures to safeguard victims, promote transparency and guarantee a safe trial.

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and physical strength mattered more than governance.

Muslims in Senegal love to share meat. The country’s Christians share porridge.

In 2018, a group of Central American migrants, mostly from Honduras, traveled hundreds of miles through Mexico to the U.S. border, many fleeing gang death threats at home.

Two things struck me while reading “Dignitas infinita” or “Infinite Dignity,” the new declaration on surrogacy, gender and life from the Vatican released Monday (April 8) by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Cherry blossoms hold a profound significance across a variety of cultures around the world, often intertwined with religious symbolism. Both their beauty and delicate nature have inspired poets, artists and thinkers.

A friend of mine who is not Muslim asked me recently how this Ramadan went for me and for Muslims in general.