Among both listeners and staff, one can find those who were born and raised in the United States or moved here at a young age and those who are new to the country; those who have papers and those who do not or whose parents do not.

Ross Douthat on the future of the Catholic Church

At issue is a long-standing practice of CSS not to perform evaluations of the homes of same-sex couples wishing to care for foster children.

There is no way to meet the present challenge without a significant degree of real loss. But that does not mean these decisions have to be pitched as zero-sum battles.

“They want to know who they’re talking to,” Father Forge said of police. “Well, we already issue our volunteers with ID cards, so we jumped on that.”

On the day after Easter, five incarcerated women were initiated into the Catholic Church.