A Reckoning,’ Lee Bollinger grapples with the reality that universities across the country are facing—one characterized by challenges to their independence from what he labels “authoritarian” attacks.

Historians tell us that literacy in the Mediterranean basin at the time of St. Augustine was somewhere between 5 percent and 15 percent. In other words, news in antiquity—be it the good news or ...

The First Amendment, the DOJ memo states, “does not compel the government to purge from public life anything an objective observer may think endorses religion.” ...

Because I wanted to jump into campus life with both feet, I decided that I, too, was going to learn to love service. Over the course of four years of service and ministry work, I did learn to love it.

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he visits the Monastery of St. Benedict in Subiaco, Italy, July 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media) ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV took a road trip ...

Growing up in Southeast Asia, where it torrentially rains about once a day, the smell of petrichor grew to feel like home. Now, living in the United States, where it rains less often, the smell of ...

Hard offer to turn down! But the “Odyssey” still speaks to us because it shows us to ourselves, whether that be the best in ...

The trial of the disgraced ex-Jesuit proceeded under almost total secrecy until recent media reports alleged the judges had ...

In a new essay, Pope Leo cited lyrics from an unpublished 1963 song by Bob Dylan, “Go Away You Bomb” and he praised Dorothy ...

Catholic organizations are helping Haitian immigrant communities prepare for what many fear will be a campaign of arrest and ...

Adam Smith’s emphasis on efficient growth has blinded us to inequality. Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV have refocused our ...

Joseph Aoun, a Maronite Christian, is the first Lebanese head of state in nearly 20 years to visit the White House, where he ...