The European invasion, the return of Thomas Eakins, and a text from PBXVI

Torture and Accountability On June 23 the U.S. bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace, in conjunction with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, issued a 37-page study guide, Torture Is a Moral Issue, to help the faithful better understand Catholic teaching on torture (a

In the years ahead, our country must come to grips with our moral acquiescence to the politics of fear.

Tim Russert, Man for Others; Compassion for Refugees

The Bible still does not figure at the center of Catholic life the way the Eucharist does.

The Second Chance Act is an important first step to prison reform.

Political excommunication and partisan priests

Barriers or Bridges? The Great Wall of China, Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the Iron Curtain, the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Now we have the 670-mile-long concrete fence between Mexico and the United States, the ever-expanding, 436-mile-long West Bank Barrier intended to protect Israelis fr

For many days now, British, French and American ships loaded with relief supplies have been sitting off Myanmar’s coast, waiting for permission to enter that country’s ports. The aid is urgently needed. Almost a month after Cyclone Nargis left at least 134,000 people dead or missing in M

Israel at 60, defending religious freedom, the commencement season