The Associated Press' influential stylebook has become a flash point in the culture wars of President Donald Trump's dystopian America, in a dispute arising from a gimmicky cartographic executive order.
A squabble among scholars, a pro-American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 letter that condemned the heresy of "Americanism."
When confronted with a perceived slight to his brand of Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron is quick to post on social media. But when it comes to those on the margins, his alleged prophetic voice is conspicuously silent.
It is not every day that the pope publicly scolds a group of bishops. Those unfamiliar with papal texts can be forgiven for thinking Pope Francis' letter to the U.S. bishops was one of encouragement. It wasn't.
Many legal challenges have stopped something unconstitutional President Trump wanted to do, while others have put his plans on pause, writes Michael Sean Winters. But you only get relief if you are party to the legal challenges.
Passing over 14 centuries of religious intolerance and persecution, as Vice President JD Vance did in a recent speech, in order to deny that religious liberty has a liberal pedigree is intellectually dishonest.
The president seems not to recognize that ownership of the land is the underlying issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and removing yet more Palestinians from their land is unlikely to lead to peace.
If you are a print subscriber, you know that getting your newspaper in a timely fashion is like winning the lottery. You might be luckier to purchase a lottery ticket. Meanwhile, postal delays cost small businesses money.
Vice President Vance, and the policies he is defending, does not start with grace and gratitude. He is not just ethically wrong. He doesn't understand the Catholic faith to which he converted, and he is not alone.
