Every year, the folks behind Oxford English Dictionary choose a word that encapsulates the cultural vibe and, for better or worse, was used more than a secondhand car. This year, Oxford chose “rage ...

UN refugee agency staff and partner organisations around the globe are marking World Refugee Day on Tuesday (June 20) with hundreds of special events and activities focusing on the theme, "Hope." This ...

(CNN) — Shag carpeting. Eight-track tapes. Missing an important phone call because you weren't home to hear the phone ring. There are few anachronisms from the 1970s that most Americans from that era ...

Hope is my favorite word. In a world that is sometimes darkly cruel and random and bleak, hope rescues me from pessimism and pain. Hope has come to me in the most frantic moments of my life: moments ...

A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time “Thus we shall always be with the Lord.” (1 Thes 4:17) Find today’s readings here. We hear today from St. Paul that, in our living ...

The rapid changes in our world can give us a sense of uncertainty and unease. We can be thrown off balance by the suffering we see around us, the evolving technology that outpaces our ability to ...