During the 2004 election campaigns, the U.S. bishops’ statement on political responsibility, Faithful Citizenship, came in for considerable criticism among a vocal segment of conservative Catholics. They believed that the document diluted the pro-life message of the church by not emphasizing i

What I learned from my uncle, the monk

“I wasn’t raised religious and I don’t know anything about religion,” he said in 2004.

Two strangers bring home the pain of war.

Why must we turn our eyes from suffering? A reflection on my mother’s death.