The greatest gift parents can offer their children is the space to allow them to become fully themselves.

None of our intense political and social divisions are going to matter come Thursday at midnight.

"Journalists don't know the difference between an archbishop and a cardinal; they think Catholics worship Mary; they think the pope controls what every bishop and priest says and does."

This “not” is no solution, whether it is hurled against Mr. Trump or against President Obama.

Confidence in God makes Jesus sinless for us. Hope in humanity, in ourselves, does the same for Mary.

By the time I talked to my parents about the election of Donald J. Trump, thousands of strangers had already read what I wanted to say.