If the U.S. does not take this opportunity to strike the Assad regime, the lesson to every dictator will be that they can get away with any atrocity that keeps them in power.

What makes the Barros case so important is that if the pope removes him from office, it will be the first time a Catholic prelate has been explicitly cashiered because he covered up abuse by others.

Incarceration serves four purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, retribution and rehabilitation. Life without parole is not necessary for any of them.

Will bombing or putting American “boots on the ground” bring peace to Syria?

The call to holiness is at once personal and communal—pushing us to actively build the kingdom of God.

All those who eat are called to care about the plight of those whose work produced the eating.