The Last Letters of Thomas More, edited by Alvaro de Silva, Eerdmans, 2000, 208 pp.; $20 Five years after the beheading of Thomas More in 1535, his sometime royal friend and ultimate executioner ...

It’s always good to define our terms. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Servant of God John Hardon provided a good definition of “Examination of Conscience”: Reflection in God’s presence on one’s ...

Instead of bifurcating students’ experiences and creating silos for their learning, the framework and mission calls us to explore complex problems alongside shared universal truths—ideas that ...

Praise from Father Richard John Neuhaus is high praise indeed. Here’s what Father Neuhaus has to say in the January issue of First Things about the new book by Legionary Father Thomas Williams, ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Bishop William Byrne of Springfield, MA ...

The Associated Press report “U.S. bishop warns of ‘anxiety’ at pope’s summit” (The Frederick News-Post, Oct. 17) offers only what the secular media wants to report (e.g., conflict in the church). The ...