These are the opening words of the front-page editorial of The Catholic Herald published four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Politics & Society
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
In our divided country, a prayer for those voting in the Electoral College.
Since my birthday, I have prayed that someone would rescue the country I love from chaos and division.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Vatican reaffirms ban on gay priests.
A new statement is seemingly at odds with Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” response when asked about gay priests in 2013.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Pearl Harbor at 75: ‘We have demonstrated the toughness of our political fiber.’
From the archives.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: The media needs to avoid the sin of spreading fake news
To bring someone’s past into public view “is a sin and does harm,” the pope said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Hidden homelessness spikes in a high rent New York
New Yorkers can be forgiven if they believed homelessness were a problem consigned to the past.
Posted inColumns, Politics & Society
After a dispiriting election, accepting our not-so-greatness might be a saving grace
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
A pledge to protect ‘Dreamers’
Presidents of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities pledged themselves to “protect to the fullest extent of the law undocumented students on our campuses” and to “promote retention of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program” in a statement released on Nov. 30. The pr
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Post-Castro Church
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami was one of the first Catholic Church officials to respond on Nov. 26 after the death of Fidel Castro. “The death of this figure should lead us to invoke the patroness of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity, calling for peace for Cuba and its people,” he said
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Iraq Devastation
The Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a recent visit to northern Iraq. He said by email that there was little left in some of the communities that he toured on Nov. 27-29 and that