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Pierbattista Pizzaballa, an Italian Franciscan known for being friendly toward Jewish people and Israel, now heads the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem....

When it comes to contraception, a clear majority of Americans say employers should be required to cover it in their health-care plans, even if they have religious objections....

I was able to sit and have a brief conversation with him about racism, a whitened Jesus, and the reign of God. I thought you might appreciate the conversation as well. Let me know what you think.

It's easier to see God working when we are on the margins—like the Samaritan leper was. I learned this in a psychiatric hospital.

From baby in a basket to liberating lawgiver, Moses has been all things to all people.

We thought her only stern and rigorous and dry—until one afternoon in October.

Even in a community that has grown accustomed to the news of brutal killings, the abduction and murder of a popular Catholic priest in rural Mexico created shock and outrage....

Some riots protest injustice. Others perpetuate it.

I keep thinking that being effective means big things like starting new organizations. But it's also about relationships.

Susan Faludi’s memoir reveals the deep complexity of her father’s many identities.

Nations as well as individuals need to look in the moral mirror in order to stop deceiving ourselves.

I inspected the donkey's teeth, though I wasn’t totally sure how this was going to help me.

Putting the truth out there about my tremor has made free in unexpected ways.

I relate to physical sickness more easily than mental illness. So does our culture.

The Century asked professors, writers, and policy makers to tell us about a book they would want to hand to their elected officials to read.

Theologies of entitlement, enslaving, and extinguishing indigenous communities have shaped policy since the 15th century.

A survey shows that since gay marriage was made legal in 2015, Protestant pastors have rarely been asked to officiate at such ceremonies....

Sometimes social media and texting aren't appropriate when someone's grieving. Sometimes they are.