On Wednesday April 30 the United States Senate voted against legislation that would officially increase the federal minimum wage from 7 25 an hour at which it has remained since 2009 without adjusting for continued inflation to President Obama rsquo s proposed 10 10 which would take effect by

In Bangui before the violence between the city rsquo s Muslim and Christian communities reached a crescendo in recent weeks life was hardly easy in the first place Unemployment and poverty are sky high in this capital of the Central African Republic a land-locked nation with a modest tourism trad

Joseph J Dunn quot Noble Vocations A Defense of Business Education in Catholic Schools rdquo tempts a response I was one of those Catholics who expressed anxiety about the much-discussed Koch Brothers gift to Catholic University of America When Mr Dunn and the leaders of Catholic University

Literary editor Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., asks: Is it time to place a temporary moratorium on “making” saints?

Today our nation and workers around the world mark Workers’ Memorial Day, pausing to remember those who have died on the job.

Members of the official U S government delegation to the canonizations of Sts John XXIII and John Paul II spoke of the honor and their good fortune in being chosen by President Barack Obama to attend the April 27 event quot I 39 m tickled to be here quot said Rep Xavier Becerra D-Calif cha