There are many opinions circulating about Pope Francis. Some say he’s too liberal, others say the Holy Father stresses mercy too much over justice. Permit me to present a few facts about how the pope has performed his duties since assuming the chair of St. Peter. I hope it will help you get to know him better.
When I was in Washington, D.C., last year, one of the things that fascinated me was the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. As I stood before the door, I thought of how powerful a symbol a door can be.
Martyrdom is a daily fact of life wherever the black flag of ISIS stains the Mesopotamian sky.
This week, George Weigel writes about the best Lent of his life in Rome, where he participated in the city’s ancient Lenten station church pilgrimage.
Good news, Mom and Dad! Take comfort in this Year of Mercy, because you’ve been living and teaching the corporal and spiritual works of mercy for years.
Passions over the immigration issue are strong among U.S. presidential candidates, and as guest columnist John Garvey writes, Catholics must keep their minds and hearts open.
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p., communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor in the U.S., explains why the sisters could not “just sign the form” – the so-called “accommodation” to the HHS contraception mandate.
The abortion issue will get a ride in the upcoming presidential primaries, but sloganeering, not reasoned argument, will characterize the debate.
I hope that, as the 2016 campaign unfolds, the electorate will begin to understand that anger is not a particularly healthy metric of public life.
There are more than 100 million Americans living today who graduated from a Catholic school. If every graduate contributed a few dollars to a Catholic education fund, there would be no need to close or merge any Catholic school.
