One would argue intuitively that in hard times the undocumented immigrant population would decline. Indeed fewer migrants are crossing the border because there...
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) vice president Bruce Friedrich sent this public letter to Cardinal George this week asking him to consider...
The biggest issue at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering has been promoting the right to and dignity of life (and it always has been, as far as I can tell)...
The Catholic Web has been buzzing this week because of what seems to be a unprovoked attack by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago against Maryland-based New...
Apropos of my most recent post about why euthanasia may someday be legal (because the medical-industrial complex insists on keeping people alive indefinitely...
Despite the federal government shutting down for business under the threat of another snowstorm, the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering was busy with heavy day...
I love swimming. I was on my college swim team, coached a team in the 1980’s, and have continued to swim several miles a week for most of my adult life. Now...
In recent debates about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), John Carr is trying to take the high road, telling participants in the Catholic...
I recently received an e-mail from a long-time friend of U.S Catholic, whom I got to know seven years ago when I worked with her on an article she wrote for us...
