People often wonder about what modern science means to religious people. In their recent book, Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? ... and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory, Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father Paul Mueller discuss six topics that seem to generate a lot of curiosity.

Lent, the Christian liturgical season devoted to spiritual purification by means of prayer, fasting, and penitence, begins in February. The date changes year-to-year, but it is always a Wednesday, called Ash Wednesday.

Editor, writer, and researcher Lisa Bakewell provides section-by-section comments regarding Walk with Matthew: A Personal Journey for Spiritual Discovery.