It’s a good thing when academics and pundits start writing about hot-button issues linked to screen culture. That’s how ...

During the centuries, Christians have held widely different views on their relation to the political order. Some have taken the attitude that they should have nothing to do with civil government. At ...

A native of Fairmont, West Virginia, Paul Quenon entered Gethsemani as a novice in 1958. Thomas Merton was his novice master.

Conclave,” the fictional thriller that outlines the Catholic process of selecting a new pope, does the audience the service of stating its intended message outright. In a controversial homily that ...

Funerals — often thought of as solemn events filled with grief and mourning — are starting to take on a different tone. In Britain, anyway. In fact, more people view funerals as opportunities to ...

I’ve been trying to think of a way to better understand how female pastors experience their job compared to men. There just aren’t that many surveys of clergy out there, so this is not an easy task. T ...

Along the Hudson River, about an hour north of New York, is a church perched atop a hill in a village called Sleepy Hollow.

On the eve of a potentially historic presidential election, Natasha Sutherland is tired. The born-and-raised Floridian and ...

For Weekend Plug-in columnist , Nov. 5 will mark not just the presidential election but also his birthday. This is the third ...

It's hard to remember how much “Chariots of Fire” shocked the Hollywood establishment, with soaring box-office totals and ...

What intrigued Ma was that they weren’t trying to get people to agree with each other, but to respect each other, which is one of our nation’s biggest issues, especially in light of the upcoming ...

It's hard to remember how much “Chariots of Fire” shocked the Hollywood establishment, with soaring box-office totals and ...