In mid-February a group of Chattanooga workers voted in what conservative commentator George Will called ldquo the most important election of 2014 rdquo They were workers in the Volkswagen plant choosing whether or not to form a union Will was not exaggerating about the vote rsquo s importance

I know parents who treat their children like little gods apparently the latest in Rome is to dress up your kid like a little pope This is the second papal mini-me shot to cross my desk this week Not sure I can endorse this particular innovation in Catholic parenting and this young man seems to h

For the past quarter century there has been a partisan dimension to campaigns for religious liberty first abroad and now at home In part at least the critical issues involved have been misused by leading proponents in efforts to get the upper hand on whichever administration happens to occupy th

In one sense there are few surprises in Tuesday evening rsquo s broadcast of Frontline rsquo s latest documentary on the scandals that continue to rock the Catholic Church Few surprises that is if you have been following the story for the last ten years though this is not about birth control ab

Editor rsquo s Note Mark Zmuda the former vice principal of Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish Wash was forced to resign in December after it became known that he married a man Since then students have held rallies in support of Mr Zmuda In this guest blog post John D Whitney S J

I write to you as a former prisoner of conscience of the Brezhnev era All other titles are rapidly losing sense in the light of the bleeding Ukrainian Maidan All my life I admired Western civilization as the realm of values Now I am close to rephrasing Byron rsquo s words ldquo Frailty thy name