While Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore offered prayers and support for the families and loved ones of five people murdered June 28 at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, a former longtime sports editor for the newspaper mourned his friends as exceptional journalists who also were good human beings.

Pope Francis said that the use of new digital platforms requires a willingness to accept that "the attachment to the past may prove to be a dangerous temptation."

The paradox of being from two places but having no real home is a phenomenon all immigrants grapple with. Jorge Ramos is no stranger to that experience.

A lack of diversity on cable news means that white men get to disagree with each other, but Latinos are mistakenly thought to have one viewpoint.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell."

More and more public policy is being decided at the state level but trustworthy sources of information about state capitals are fast disappearing.