We grieve not just the passing of a pope, but the loss of a holy witness who taught us that to see sacramentally is not to withdraw from the world, but to love it more fiercely.
For weeks now, the federal government has pursued a "shock and awe" campaign of aggressive threats and highly visible operations of questionable legality that go far beyond mere immigration "enforcement."
The New Yorker magazine has managed to insult Christians and Jews alike with a cartoon depicting the Last Supper in an April issue, writes columnist Phyllis Zagano.
Expanding our reflection on the significance of Christ's resurrection beyond our own individual, familial or even species interests to include all of God's creation invites us to see the world more like God sees it.
The decadeslong effort to make unrestricted capitalism compatible with Catholic teaching keeps running into obstacles in Vatican II documents, papal encyclicals, bishops' pastoral letters, and Christian Scriptures.
The group of higher learning institutions follows "a mission that transcends political cycles and embraces faith and the tools of science to inspire new learning bringing us closer to creation — the source of all health," said Ted Smith.
William Treanor, dean of Georgetown University Law Center, remembers scholar and canon lawyer Jesuit Fr. Ladislas Orsy: "He was, in every way, a giant, and a truly lovely person, and his legacy is a great one."
Slashing lifesaving aid, writes Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, shows the world "that we are not a reliable partner defined by its compassion, but an unreliable one defined by cruelty and indifference."
