The Vatican considers itself less the owner of its artistic heritage, and more a custodian for works that belong to the patrimony of the entire human race.
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Plummer’s von Trapp may be thought the more Catholic role, but it is Kappler’s that is the more Catholic story.
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We have seen the two major stories of this Super Bowl before, but that won't diminish the excitement.
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All popes have their favorites in the US. However, papal favor is not equivalent to wise pastoral leadership.
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This recent decision by the Pope illustrates how the liturgical calendar helps us to understand the sacred Scriptures.
Read More'Follow the science' is a slogan. It is not a repository of wisdom; rather it is the refuge of the philosophically confused.
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Bonds wasn’t sanctioned for his use of performance-enhancing drugs but he can’t get into baseball’s Hall of Fame despite his accomplishments, and it’s Aaron who was celebrated as the sport’s home run king when he died last week.
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Racism or ideological motives are often blamed for poor law enforcement. But sometimes it is just plain incompetence.
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As the bishops work with a new administration, Archbishop José Gomez, not Cardinal Blase Cupich, is emerging as the authentic interpreter of Pope Francis in the U.S. on life, liberty and immigration.
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Biden’s inaugural address employed St. Augustine to suggest Americans’ “common objects of love” include “opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honor, truth.” Missing from that list is “country.” What does it mean that Americans’ common love for their country is no longer obvious?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s self-admitted and significant failures in judgment have led to a series of resignations possibly without precedent.
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The music chosen to celebrate President Biden’s inauguration stands in stark contrast to one the president-elect participated in just 12 years prior.
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America arrives at this inauguration with perhaps a quarter of its population believing that its elections are corrupt and its criminal justice system is not fair.
Read MoreThe president-elect is preparing for his inaugural address amidst political turmoil and social unrest. What should he say?
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It can then be asked whether the impeachment meets the test of a good symbol. It may succeed in one way but, in the current hyper-partisan environment, fail in another.
Father Neuhaus, who died in 2009, had great faith in the American people, but he would have been worried these last years, and last Wednesday.
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To a certain degree, public health directives, aimed broadly as they are, are always at least partially false.
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Today religious liberty questions arise in the context of pandemic protocols. Are those who protest them guilty of Becket-like intransigent extremism, or are they Becket-like in a heroic defence of inalienable rights?
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