In his 2005 book Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger asks: “Is faith truly an attitude worthy of a modern adult?” This question is not new. It has been around at ...

I was raised Catholic and suffered from severe, undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). If there's one useful thing I learned from the whole miserable experience, it is this: only a sucker ...

We're giving readers the opportunity to write about spiritual issues important to them. Once each month, a guest column will appear in this space. These columns can comment on issues previously raised ...

In an apostolic letter released on June 19, 2023, Pope Francis praised the “brilliant and inquisitive mind” of the influential French philosopher Blaise Pascal, born on that date 400 years ago. In ...

A When I am asked by my wonderful and patient readers to respond to their questions about aspects of Christian or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist beliefs, I can usually get close to the neighborhood of ...

“It is said that the science around climate change is not as certain as its proponents allege. It doesn’t need to be. What is beyond debate, however, is that there is a huge amount of scientific ...