Barack Obama rsquo s convention speech was the last time he had the undivided attention of the American people to make a sustained argument for his candidacy The debates will be critical as everyone agrees But in the meantime he can frame the race by delivering four soundbites that hit on key is

Indian Court Urged to Protect Christians The Catholic Church in India has petitioned the country’s Supreme Court to protect Christian lives and property in Orissa State. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar told the Asian church news agency UCA News Sept. 2 that the church decide

Allan Figueroa Deck on ethnic ministry

ldquo As Catholics go so goes America rdquo religion scholar and Boston College professor Alan Wolfe recently wrote happily in the blurb for my book The quintessential swing voters for the past 35 years have been white ethnic Catholics living in suburbs in the Northeast and Midwest They we

I m going to take a punt Pope Benedict XVI s four-day visit to France beginning this Friday is set to be one of the defining moments of his pontificate The theme of his papacy has always been to challenge the dictatorship of relativism -- his memorable term for the newly-invigorated Europe

Sixty days to go We are waiting for the polling numbers to shake out after the post-convention bounces But who is winning on the different components of a campaign on message biography the issues and on the ground Usually the two parties craft different messages for an election depending on

No Letup in Anti-Christian Violence in India Catholic educational institutions across India closed Aug. 29 to protest the continuing violence against Christians that has left at least 11 people dead in India’s eastern Orissa State. On Aug. 26 Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil of Ernakulam-Angamaly,

John McCain helped restore his reputation for straight talk when he finally referred the GOP sin that dare not speak its name I am grateful to the president of the United States hellip Of course not even McCain could call the president by name the only Bush mentioned by name was Laura McCain

Mike Huckabee rsquo s was the best speech of the night Mitt Romney rsquo s the worst Rudy Guiliani rsquo s was feisty and funny and he gave the toughest speech of either party rsquo s convention but it was strange to see a former mayor of New York use the adjective cosmopolitan in a derogatory

The first CNN poll taken after both the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention and the surprise selection of Alaska Gov Sarah Palin to be John McCain rsquo s running mate showed surprisingly little movement The race remains essentially tied despite record viewership for Obama rsquo s spe