One effort that transcends party lines is criminal justice reform.
How could someone be a human being and God at the same time? If we think that Jesus did not really suffer emotionally, physically and even spiritually on the cross, we may be less likely to turn to him in our own struggles.
The problems with for-profit prisons are well documented.
Having the witness of survivors on the Vatican abuse commission is essential.
It is no coincidence that this commission coincided with the start of the Lenten season.
As we drape the church in purple, we sharpen the will.
Democracy and market economies go hand in hand but are risky and can be abused if they do not sustain human dignity and support the common good, according to a Vatican economic official. Joseph F. X. Zahra, a Maltese economist who is deputy coordinator of the Vatican Council for the Economy, spoke a