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Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics Jan. 22, 2020
The latest, lawless migrant caravan hurtling from Honduras to our southern border is as organic as A... Read More
Giving Thanks for a System That Creates Prosperity -- and Leftovers Nov. 28, 2019
Pope Francis has made a number of public statements decrying the waste of food around the globe. Mos... Read More
The Pope Lies Sep. 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — Recently, Pope Francis gave a press conference while returning to the Vatican fro... Read More
Pope Calls Out Foreign Aid Farce Sep. 11, 2019
Year after year, Congress votes to spend tens of billions of dollars on foreign aid. It's money down... Read More
Out of the Shadows May. 30, 2019
Joi and her husband wanted a baby. "We wanted to be pregnant in the worst way," she says. For more... Read More
Must the West Beg the World for Forgiveness? Mar. 29, 2019
As the Democratic Party quarrels over reparations for slavery, a new and related issue has arisen, r... Read More
What Is in the Pope's Hand? Feb. 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis is increasingly showing his hand. He came into the papacy promising ... Read More
Pope Francis' Acknowledgment That Nuns Have Been Victimized Is a Good Start Feb. 12, 2019
Pope Francis last week publicly acknowledged for the first time a new clergy sexual abuse issue: The... Read More
In 2019, This Pope Needs a Reality Check Dec. 29, 2018
During this holiest of Christian seasons, who could ignore the latest statements of Pope Francis abo... Read More
Vatican Fails Abuse Victims Again Nov. 21, 2018
Walk into any Catholic church in America and you'll find the same two flags somewhere in the sanctua... Read More
The Pope At a Loss for Words Oct. 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — Back in late August, Pope Francis declared that he would "not say a word" about a... Read More
A Cancer on the Papacy? Aug. 31, 2018
This summer, the sex scandal that has bedeviled the Catholic Church went critical. First came the s... Read More
A Church Lacking Sympathy Aug. 18, 2018
I can testify from a lifetime of personal experience that practice does not really make perfect. Sin... Read More
Time for Another Reformation Aug. 17, 2018
Few words can describe the horror that comes from reading a Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual... Read More
Is Illegal Immigration Moral? Aug. 01, 2018
People who willfully break the immigration laws of the United States are also breaking the moral law... Read More
Can a Pope Change Moral Truth? May. 22, 2018
That joking retort we heard as children, "Is the pope Catholic?" is starting to look like a serious ... Read More
Does the Pope Believe in Hell? Mar. 30, 2018
"Pope Declares No Hell?" So ran the riveting headline on the Drudge Report of Holy Thursday. Drudg... Read More
Pope Francis Falls Behind the Episcopalians Feb. 08, 2018
WASHINGTON — I have never met the Pope, but I have followed his activities sedulously, as migh... Read More
What's Going on at the Vatican? Feb. 08, 2018
News emanating from the Vatican caught my attention this week. In an interview with Vatican Insider,... Read More
Two Polar Opposite Examples Jun. 03, 2017
For baseball fans of a certain age, Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals stands alone. Musial's on... Read More
