Will the pope’s visit encourage Catholic elected officials to speak more freely about faith?

In the end, the story of Francis’ visit is, at its heart, a story of community.

Like today’s cable news anchor, politicians are not talking to most of us, but to the relatively few of us they need in order to win.

Iraqi sister testifies before Foreign Affairs Committee on plight of Middle East Christians

Mr. Bush was onto something: While government has a role to play in the pursuit of the common good, our charitable and voluntary associations are similarly indispensable, and those who have a religious worldview have historically led the way.

For 30 years as our most popular former president, Carter has functioned as the nation’s conscience, mainly because, like Pope Francis, he’s the real deal: a leader who says what he does and does what he says.