Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch recently made headlines by pledging nearly 900 million to help elect candidates who support their libertarian strain of economic conservatism but the industrialists are also nearly doubling their investment in the business school of Catholic University o

It was on January 30 1882 that Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States was born mdash and that was 133 years ago It is hard to comprehend that a figure of modern American history can almost be counted in terms of centuries instead of years and in FDR rsquo s case almost

Nothing was expected of St Francis de Sales when he was born on August 21 1567 He was born prematurely and as a child he was regarded as delicate and sickly Yet somehow he survived and grew to adulthood Contemporaries described him as a sturdy man a pleasant man a religious man He was all

G K Chesterton once wrote a biography of St Thomas Aquinas Originally published in 1933 it was simply called St Thomas Aquinas ldquo The Dumb Ox rdquo How rsquo s that for a catchy book title Years ago when school was my primary occupation I came across this appellation of the saint and

Notre Dame professor recalls colleague's progressive principles and generous spirit

The feast day of St Josephine Bakhita February 8 has been designated as the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Last year the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo USCCB Committee on Migration designated such date as an annual day of prayer for survi