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Joseph McAuley is an assistant editor of America.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882-1945
FaithIn All Things
Joseph McAuley
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
You did your duty in what was perhaps the very first act of Christian charity.
Saint Joseph, tenderly holding the Child Jesus near his heart
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
St Joseph the loving spouse of Mary and the foster father of Jesus is honored with a Feast Day on March 19th two days after the great feast of the Apostle of Ireland St Patrick It seems not only unfortunate but unfair to have the two great feasts of two great saints so close together Each y
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
Every March 17th nearly everyone in the entire Irish Catholic world celebrates the feast of Saint Patrick And just about everyone knows something about him the legends the fables his apostolic works mdash but no one knows what he looked like He is of course commonly portrayed as a somewhat o
A Catholic Community in Turkmenistan. At left, the founder of the Order of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, St. Eugene de Mazenod, and at right, Andrzej Madej, O.M.I., with parishioners in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan's capital city.
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
Catholicism is being resurrected in the former Soviet Republic.
Harry and Ellen McAuley, Newly Married, Washington Heights, New York City circa 1950s
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
There is something about seeing your parents when they themselves were young that makes you stand back and take notice.
The newly elected Pope Francis before the multitudes, March 13, 2013.
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
Given the personality of the pope, he will more likely prefer to mark his third anniversary privately and quietly, on his knees, in sincere prayer and petition.
Ireland's Leinster House, Home of the Irish Parliament
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
The fact that a new government could not come into being shows how serious the political fractiousness has become.
First Lady Nancy Reagan, July 6, 1921-March 6, 2016
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
The day Ronald Reagan died was the day when Nancy Reagan really died.
 Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin, right, and Michael McGrath celebrate their party’s strong showing at City Hall in Cork, Ireland on Feb. 27 (Chris Radburn/PA via AP).
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
The future for Ireland could be as rough as its fabled country roads.