Cardinal Edward Michael Egan who died March 5 at the age of 82 may have had one of his greater moments as a churchman during 9-11 at Ground Zero In response to New York rsquo s Mayor Rudy Giuliani who needed to comfort and console his people before they even knew what had happened at 9-11 when p
Pope Francis in his two years as pontiff has often urged people of faith to be better people of faith To walk the talk To get with the program To do as Jesus would do His example inspires us just as his writings enlighten us The pope reminds us that God calls us to love no matter what He e
The news concerning religion is not very encouraging these days particularly when it is coupled with terrorism and violence skewering its true meaning for those who seek its relevance However there are stories that offer glimmers of hope there are instances where people of faith can come togeth
The ldquo Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination rdquo the conference organized by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and held on the campus of U S C was lovely for many reasons For one I have read nearly all the stories of Tobias Wolff ldquo Hunters in the Snow rdquo ldquo