The Catholic Church acknowledges and supports the right of nations to control their borders and to enforce their laws.

Francis begins his trip praying before the Virgin of Guadalupe shrine. After that he enters uncharted papal territory.

As this is written, the Iowa caucuses are finally moving the presidential campaign into the hands, heads and hearts of voters. Pundits who have been consistently wrong are offering new explanations and projections. Here is a crazy prediction for a crazy campaign. A Republican demolition derby yields

Rubio fails to adapt after Iowa.

Sanders sweeps all but the oldest and richest

It does not take long to see that frustration and anger are part of what is going on in contemporary America.

Clinton and Rubio need only the right part of New Hampshire.

Clinton flicks off establishment label, while GOP faces realignment

The comedy duo could have created Donald Trump.

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