The "first and most important thing" is "getting out in the field and meeting the people," Archbishop Gregory said.

One hundred percent of respondents personally know someone who has served in the military.

With the House of Representatives expected to vote this week on a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal nondiscrimination laws, Catholic leaders find themselves on both sides of the debate.

A political satire with Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a constant presidential candidate, “Veep” gleefully exposed the hollowness of unbridled ambition, and it was fun (if also dread-inducing) through Sunday’s finale.

Refugee advocacy organizations have urged continued support for federal programs such as the U.S. Refugee Admissions Programs as necessary for assisting vulnerable people seeking a better way of life.

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s strength is in the way she captures the presidential scene with companionable prose that most professional historians are unable to capture.