Note from the Assistant Editor:

Hope is always directed to the future, to the fulfilment of God's promises.

Some fans of Pope Francis seem anxious that his legacy might be "rolled back" when he's gone, but here's the thing: Catholicism isn't a zero/sum tradition, in which veering in one direction for a while means repealing what came before.

A message to the "nones" and to those who are tempted to move into secularism.

Father Michael Scanlan made Franciscan University of Steubenville the shining model on a hill that it is today.

What we are witnessing today, following the publication of Amoris Laetitia, is a radical adoption of the absolutizing principle of subjective judgments of conscience and private interpretation of all moral norms.

Some thoughts for progressives, traditionalists, and everyone else.

The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America.

Presidential contender taps conservative voters newly motivated by Christian heritage, spurred by social issues such as opposition to gay marriage and rising nationalism after Islamist terror attacks.

In the final days of the Obama administration, the military has issued new guidelines for religious accommodations and dress.

Unless and until we are willing to address the ultimate and underlying cause of this dehumanising behaviour, we may not hope to end it.

Canadians cherish the contributions made by their immigrants, whom they have generally welcomed. But immigrants have come here not because Canada has no core political identity, but precisely because of Canada's core political identity.

Loneliness is a feeling akin to hunger: we feel lonely because we need people, just like we feel hungry when we need food.

We're doing a very bad job of loving one another, here in 21st-century America.

"I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important."

"The more I pray, the more I see everything in my life as getting better."

"Our Lord was not silent. Even if he had been silent, my life until this day would have spoken of him."

The Papal Posse...join Raymond to discuss the current state of the controversial "dubia" that four leading cardinals raised with Pope Francis in an effort to clarify the Apostolic Exhortation - Amoris Laetitia, the recent personnel changes at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and all the latest news from the Vatican.

God endures betrayal because he knows the weakness of those who love Him, and will not abandon those who detest that betrayal.

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.