In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean began a correspondence with two death row inmates in her home state of Louisiana. She eventually became the spiritual adviser to...
Pro-life
The death penalty is still legal in most states, but little by little, the laws that allow executions are being chipped away. Leroy Wright was forced to endure...
Each year on Good Friday we listen to the account of the events surrounding Jesus’ death: the trial, the boisterous crowd, the journey to Golgotha. The...
Our nation’s culture of violence is out of control. It’s time to pull the trigger on efforts to reduce gun deaths. Sounding Boards are one person’s take...
Our country’s drone policy has been operating mostly behind closed doors. According to law professor David Cole, that’s a troubling reality for a program that...
Rules of engagement for targeted killings have been shrouded in secrecy. According to this legal expert, we still need more transparency. David Cole is no...
It would be easy to dismiss the struggle to reconcile a work life with a family life as universal. In some ways, however, this is a uniquely American problem:...
Parenting can be a costly, time-consuming endeavor. Can the church help make American workplaces more family-friendly? Brookes Ebetsch took only a long weekend...
Care for all human life begins with protecting our planet. When Cardinal Joseph Bernardin proposed a “consistent ethic of life” 30 years ago, he argued that to...
Guest editorial Visiting from Michigan after overcast hikes in the Berkshires with family, the sun felt good. Daily Mass had been delayed an hour till 9 a.m...