The President needed Texas, but the Democrat party there was splintered.

From 2013: On several occasions, Francis has talked about tackling unemployment and signaled out the high unemployment of youth as one of the two most salient issues facing the world at present. He also attacked what he called unjust salaries.

From John A. Coleman, S.J.: "the point of being a Christian is to find a place of evident freedom, courage, joy and hope."

We don’t decide the circumstances, but we do determine the meaning of our lives.

St. Martin of Tours provides a nuanced paradigm through we can better better understand our relationship with the state.

Like so much that he wrote, it’s become a beloved verse of American literature, Abraham Lincoln’s letter to the bereaved mother of five sons, killed fighting for the cause of union.