Despite the distant drumbeats for war, a diplomatic settlement is still possible

China's Showcase, Repentance & the A-Bomb

The European invasion, the return of Thomas Eakins, and a text from PBXVI

In the years ahead, our country must come to grips with our moral acquiescence to the politics of fear.

Torture and Accountability On June 23 the U.S. bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace, in conjunction with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, issued a 37-page study guide, Torture Is a Moral Issue, to help the faithful better understand Catholic teaching on torture (a

The Bible still does not figure at the center of Catholic life the way the Eucharist does.

Tim Russert, Man for Others; Compassion for Refugees

Political excommunication and partisan priests

The Second Chance Act is an important first step to prison reform.

Barriers or Bridges? The Great Wall of China, Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the Iron Curtain, the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Now we have the 670-mile-long concrete fence between Mexico and the United States, the ever-expanding, 436-mile-long West Bank Barrier intended to protect Israelis fr