To have your faith and competence questioned must have been your own personal via dolorosa.

Before he could govern a nation, Washington had to govern himself.

Has the Ireland of the present lived up to the sacrifice of their founders a century ago?

On Feb. 11, 1861, a day before his 52nd birthday, the president-elect bid farewell to Springfield.

Mandela was imprisoned for all that time because of what he was and who he was: a black man.

My first Ash Wednesday memory

That was their gift: simplicity as comedy.

The seven crew members knew their work was dangerous; yet they were willing to “pull toward the future” on our behalf.

The first Jewish Supreme Court Justice enumerated the 'right to privacy.' He embodied the 'right to be.'

To popes or presidents, kings or simple people, his message was the same: service, faith, fairness, dignity, brotherhood.