Cracking the mystery of the Incarnation is a fool’s errand. Even different starting places for the attempt require us to rethink so much. Matthew and Luke suggest that the history of the Son begins ...

Edith Stein — St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross — is well known for her heroic journey from Judaism to atheism to Catholicism and, ultimately, her martyrdom in the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1942 ...

What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion ...

What is it about Communion in the hand versus Communion on the tongue? I’ve been in a lot of Catholic contexts, and nothing — apart from typical hot-button issues like abortion and gay marriage — ...