Death Pulls Ahead; A Bumpy Road to Obamacare; Faith in the System

When I was a Maryknoll seminarian in the 1950s we all had to read a biography of Blessed now Saint Theophane Venard a priest of the Soci t des Missions trang res de Paris MEP who was martyred in Tonkin now a part of present-day Vietnam in 1861 Published as Modern Martyr the story had

With elections in Venezuela scheduled for next week Mark Ungar of Brooklyn College offers an analysis of the issues at stake Since bursting on the scene with a failed coup in 1992 Hugo Ch vez has dominated and altered political and social life in Venezuela With his death in March the country n

Miguel Diaz, the former Vatican ambassador, writes on the Holy See in a globalized world.

Lip Service In “A Prayer for Malala” (11/5), the editors write, “The church has repeatedly promoted the full and equal dignity of women, and by extension girls, in a world where many societies are hostile to that notion.” I wish I could believe that statement, but I do not.

The epoch initiated by Vatican II

E. J. Dionne argues that the nation is experiencing a historic loss of balance that needs to be restored.

Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections

A Syrian Rashomon; The Greatest; Poltical Thrill Seeking