In today’s first reading from Ecclesiastes, we hear the famous refrain of the reacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” The writer of Ecclesiastes is grappling with the reality of human life, and ...

Last spring, I taught a philosophy course at St. John’s University that had the awful title of “The Problem of God.” I have ...

Remembering St. Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life at Auschwitz out of love for another — a powerful witness of faith, ...

Rome's Risorgimento Square was transformed into an outdoor concert venue July 29 to host a festival marking the close of ...