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The first lady’s concerns are not misplaced.

The Society of Jesus owes Father Nicolás a great debt of gratitude for his careful leadership.

There is not enough housing where it would do the most good.

The potential reduction in human suffering from eliminating disease-bearing mosquitoes would be vast.

“Islam is peace,” said George W. Bush just days after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Some worry that people will skip voting if the presidential election seems over by noon.

Catholic parishes must help to alleviate what some have termed an “epidemic of loneliness.”

To do right is never easy.

Today, a single atom bomb dropped on a major city would immediately kill hundreds of thousands.

American women are having fewer children than at any other time on record.