Note from the Managing Editor:

After the latest atrocities in Syria, Pope Francis has issued an urgent appeal for an "immediate ceasefire" so that civilians and especially children can be evacuated from "bloody bombings" in the country.

On the day the Church recalls the Miracle of the Sun, the Pope emeritus in a new reflection points us towards the true "sun" that enlightens the world.

One of the most common misconceptions about traditional church architecture is that it has to be expensive.

The truth is, to live with a disability is to know an abiding sense of fragility. That isn't always easy, but it's not necessarily all bad either.

The Dutch government intends to draft a law that would legalise assisted suicide for people who feel they have "completed life", but are not necessarily terminally ill.

Recent reports of millions of pro-abortion protesters are not only demonstrably erroneous, they ignore or misrepresent the overwhelmingly pro-life nature of Polish society and legislation.

It would be wonderful for the Clinton campaign to repudiate the content of these ugly WikiLeaks emails. All of us backward-thinking Catholics who actually believe what Scripture and the Church teach would be so very grateful.

Mike Maturen of the American Solidarity Party thinks this November is the time for Americans to voice their dissatisfaction with Republicans and Democrats alike, and create a better option.

What ails American democracy? Too much information and too little thought.

Sufferers of narcissistic alexithymia lack internal measures of their own worth and rely on external but insecure criteria like wealth, beauty, fame and others' submission.

We're not going to get better politics without virtue.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wrote a letter to Catholic leaders during a two-day conference in Denver this week, identifying himself as pro-life and vowing to support core values such as religious liberty and school choice.

The Australian argued it would better if the issue was decided in Parliament.

We are engaged in an epic spiritual battle.

Sure, there's emotional risks to laying it all out when it comes to feelings. But when we hold back we're denying ourselves the human connections that make life so meaningful.

How can people who suffer still be joyful?

Sinful jealousy poisons our relationships and corrodes our souls from the inside out. It's ingratitude on a feverish scale.

This theory has been used over the past half-century to justify many forms of conduct that used to be considered immoral.

"We want to help, to propose a path forward that is more appropriate for Catholic schools than the problematic Common Core and other secular options."

Certain scenes may indeed be defensible in the context of the story, but does this story have to be told at all?