As Catholics and other Christians anticipate "the miracle of Christmas," announcing the need for peace and goodwill throughout the world this "blessed season of Advent" calls for "even stronger voices" this year.

Big donors are complaining about their bad investments in presidential politics.

Without mentioning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by name, Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron has blasted proposals like Trump’s that would specifically bar Muslims from the U.S., saying the idea “fractures the very foundation of morality on which we stand.”Vigneron&

Just when Trump wants to close the door on Muslims, Pope Francis opens the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica, insisting that divine mercy is never a closed door.

"Pope Francis reminded us when he visited a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic that 'Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such.'"

"There is absolutely no reason to stop or pause the resettlement of Syrian refugees. The fear around this is wrong and as people of faith, we must demand more from our public officials," said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.

Outrageous statements can become ends in themselves.

Underlying Donald Trump's rant against Muslims seems to be a deep ignorance of Islam, and the loud pretense that such ignorance is not a problem.

The president can't cross divide on perceptions of threat from ISIS.

The U.S. is divided over whether things are O.K. or terrible.