Pope Francis 39 discussion marking the end of the Union of Superiors General of religious men at their 82nd General Assembly made just one day rsquo s headline and then faded from the news Too bad because it was one of those spontaneous conversations where the truth suddenly pops out and deserve

Picking his words with some care during a memorial service in front of Israel rsquo s Parliament building in Jerusalem Vice President Joseph R Biden Jr said today of Israel rsquo s former prime minister Ariel Sharon ldquo Like all historic leaders all real leaders he had a North Star that gui

In the film ldquo Motorcycle Diaries rdquo 2004 the viewer rides along for a 14 000-kilometer journey through Argentina Chile Peru Colombia and Venezuela The drivers are a young Che Guevara Gael Garc a Bernal and his friend Alberto Granado Rodrigo De la Serna The film dramatizes an act

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling on Congress to extend emergency unemployment benefits for more than one million job seekers who lost this critical lifeline as 2013 drew to a close and asking American Catholics to exercise faithful citizenship by urging their elected representatives

On a day marking the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson 39 s declaration of a war on poverty Archbishop Thomas G Wenski of Miami chairman of the U S bishops 39 Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Father Larry Snyder president of Catholic Charities USA in a letter today

January quot hosts quot the U S C C B 39 s Poverty Awareness Month and National Migration Week and two U S bishops led the charge in the press this week on themes related to these issues Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput on immigration reform and Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski on fixing