I was raised a Catholic. I know in my bones that I would not hold the views I hold today if it were not for the values I learned in Catholic school. I am, I think it is fair to say, a Midwestern, populist progressive in the tradition of Robert LaFollette, George Norris and Theodore Roosevelt. Their

Something you don’t hear every day from a Jesuit: I’m here to pick up a cassock for my trip to Lourdes.

The church must protect the community from harm, but it must also protect the human rights of each individual who may face an accusation.

When Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, was asked at a press conference in Rome on April 23 whether Senator John F. Kerry should be denied Communion, he responded: “The law of the church is clear. The church exists in the United

Catholic students are quick to talk about their experience of church—but what about their experience of Christ?

First Communion is a powerful church and family ritual; no one who has been present can miss its importance for the children taking part.