Mary Ann Glendon talks about the art of diplomacy

Church Officials Charge: Conspiracy Behind Violence Church officials and others say there is a “clear conspiracy behind the sudden upsurge in the atrocities committed against Christian targets in different parts of India.” “We are really distressed to see that atrocities on Christi

The art of teaching, especially for the rookie, is counterintuitive.

The campaign took a sudden turn back to reality yesterday For weeks we were treated to discussions of who was and was not a celebrity lipstick on pigs bridges to nowhere and the such Yesterday with the Lehman Brothers rsquo bankruptcy bargain basement sale of Merrill Lynch and the collapse

Houma-Thibodaux Diocese Severely Hit by Storm Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans reported on Sept. 2 that of Louisiana’s seven Catholic dioceses, the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux was battered the hardest by Hurricane Gustav. Hughes, who rode out the storm at the St. Louis Cathedral recto

A surprising new foreign policy from the Bush administration

No Letup in Anti-Christian Violence in India Catholic educational institutions across India closed Aug. 29 to protest the continuing violence against Christians that has left at least 11 people dead in India’s eastern Orissa State. On Aug. 26 Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil of Ernakulam-Angamaly,

Here s a stunning development nbsp reported by Catholic News Service nbsp about the popular Marian shrine at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina which demonstrates the Vatican s continued reluctance about the site nbsp The sanctions are about as severe as can be leveled against a priest sho

Amid a chorus of hoots hollers and the occasional jeer Rudy Giuliani gave the keynote speech on Wednesday night Day 3 of the Republican National Convention Giuliani set the tone for the evening aggressively launching criticisms at the Democratic ticket Giuliani s claims ranged from the sligh

This morning rsquo s Washington Post leads with a front page above the fold story that focuses not only on whom Barack Obama will select as his running mate but the manner in which the announcement will be made It is a fascinating look at how much campaigns have changed in their tactics in only fo