Ramesh Ponnuru nbsp is a Washington D C -based columnist for Bloomberg View a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a nbsp senior editor nbsp for National Review nbsp magazine He is a regular contributor to nbsp Time nbsp magazine and nbsp WashingtonPost com His writing has al
In All Things
Catholic Bishops Call for ‘Radical Change’ in Jerusalem
The Catholic bishops of Israel and Palestine made a renewed plea for peace today issuing a call for quot radical change quot as Israeli military retaliation against Palestinian rocket strikes intensified The nbsp quot Call for a Courageous Change rdquo nbsp was published in multiple languages b
Catholic Leaders Lament Obstacles to Medicaid Expansion
A White House report has indicated that 24 state legislatures chose not to opt into the Obamacare Medicaid expansion this year implying an ongoing GOP resistance that Southern Catholic leaders fear will hurt the working poor According to the report relesed on July 2 only 26 state legislatures hav
World Cup Pope Match: Francis vs. Benedict?
Argentina and Germany face off on Sunday in the tournament’s final match.
Immigrant Kids at the Border: Follow the (Illegal) Money
The arrival of many thousands of unaccompanied immigrant minors to our southern border has reignited fierce debates over who is to blame how they got to the border and what to do about it We have witnessed the vociferous standoffs in Murietta Calif where the Border Patrol intended to process se
How God Heals Sexual Abuse: An Interview with Author Dawn Eden
Dawn Eden is a Catholic convert author and speaker known for her work on sexuality and chastity She is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who seeks to share her healing process with others Her second and most recent book My Peace I Give You Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Sain
Faith of Our Sisters Living Still
In recent months Pope Francis has come back time and again to the thought that Christians mdash and Christianity mdash are still being persecuted in the world that all of us sinners live in It conjures up tales of the Middle Ages and the long ago when martyrs were made from those who went about b
The Catholic Imagination of Alfred Hitchcock
Many of the greatest Hollywood movies traffic in themes of lust guilt and obsession Whether it rsquo s the moral corruption of Don Corleone in ldquo The Godfather rdquo or the lust for power of ldquo Citizen Kane rdquo sin fascinates us as a focal point of our collective imagination Sin sell
Corporate Idolatry? Legal Fictions Don’t Have Human Rights
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness Declaration of IndependenceIn the last days of its recent session the Supreme Court of the
‘Be Green Also’: Life and Death and Life
My dad was right: life blazes on and holds us in thrall with its bounty and blessings.
