Nation Topics - John Paul | The Nation

The pope failed to take decisive action in response to clear evidence of a criminal underground in the priesthood.

As the gulf is declared "safe," scientists look deep in the sea for evidence of lasting damage. Plus, watch a video from Klein's investigation.

The right-wing hijacking of religion's public role in our political
discourse is as undeniable as it is inappropriate, and represents one
of liberalism's most serious problems.

From the moment when Mel Gibson began promoting The Passion of the Christ--was it only ten years ago?--he has insisted that his goal was to be true to the Gospel text.

Margaret Spillane is a native Bostonian.

That the abused child will defend its parent is no arcane phenomenon of child psychology--hell, we've seen it on Law and Order.

The post-Stalinist regimes of Eastern Europe collapsed in part because of the glaring contrast between theory and practice, promise and fulfillment.