A Christian perspective on the dangers of AI-generated sermons and catechism bots, examining whether artificial intelligence ...

Roald Dahl's reputation has taken some hits over the years, but the magical quality of his children's books endures.

The U.S. attack on Venezuela presents a moment to examine the continuing relevance of just war theory—especially since it is ...

Pope Leo XIV is opening a new phase of his pontificate. A day after closing out the 2025 Holy Year, he is gathering the world ...

Pope Leo XIV is opening a new phase of his pontificate. A day after closing out the 2025 Holy Year, he is gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome. And Leo ...

Contributing columnist Larry Smith explores how religion-based AI chatbots will influence people seeking answers about faith.

So, sometime next year you’re attending Sunday Mass as you always do, the priest takes his place in the sanctuary, makes the Sign of the Cross and says “The Lord be with you,” and you dutifully ...

January 5, 2026 • The U.S. seized Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro during a weekend attack on the country. Maduro and his wife are now in the U.S. and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking ...

In a useful entry in the growing canon of “quit lit,” Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol. By Alexandra Jacobs “People We Meet on Vacation,” “Wuthering ...

My overriding belief,” he has said, “is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.” And on another occasion, he firmly stated ...

For me, the most significant experience of the social, political and cultural movement emerging from the struggles culminating in ’68 and, even more so in ’69 (the working-class “hot autumn”!) was ...