As the executive director of Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry (LPGM), I've spent the better part of a decade working to provide access to quality education to people at the margins, especially ...

Why is an invitation to mercy so controversial? The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon for the Inaugural Prayer Service focused on unity. She said striving for unity is a sacrificial act, one ...

Dignitas Infinita, the new declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), affirms that “every human person possesses an infinite dignity” and enumerates assaults on that dignity, ...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, right, receives his red biretta from Pope Francis as he is elevated in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on ...

With Leo XIV newly elected as pope, all eyes are on how he will both align with and differ from the late Pope Francis. Known as a “pope among the people,” Pope Francis was an advocate—for the poor, ...