What are the most real and valuable things in life?

The power of big money in politics must be restrained.

There is someone drawn to every imaginable activity.

Neither campaign has passed the 'smell test' for truthfulness.

I collect encyclicals the way some people collect baseball cards.

Most Catholics could not imagine a church without Vatican II.

We must trade the culture warrior agenda for one of diplomacy.

Suggestions for action and reflection during Lent

My predictions of failure have proved wrong on all counts.

I am grateful to the protesters for spurring our conscience.