In a unanimous 9-0 ruling released yesterday in the case of McCullen v. Coakley, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot...
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It’s the first week of summer, and we in Chicago are experiencing Polar Vortex 2.0. At least it’s not -12 degrees anymore. So in case you have been wandering...
Some disturbing news has come from both sides of the political spectrum today. Immigration reform—a hot-button issue that the Obama administration has been...
It might not take a village to raise a Catholic priest, but it almost always takes at least one “encourager”—a person, priest or lay, who...
A number of years back, I worked for a stint as a hospital chaplain. I worked in a number of different "units," from antepartum to the NICU to...
Tomorrow is the official beginning of summer, so get out your sunscreen and beach towels. It’s also the beginning of the summer news slump. But you can still...
In my daily commute to Chicago’s Loop, the sights and sounds become routine. Leaving my apartment at nearly the same time every day, I see the same people on...
I found the headlines covering last week’s meeting of the U.S. bishops in New Orleans to be fairly amusing: According to some reports, the bishops were...
Guest blog “God wants you to publish my book.” So said Sister Suzanne Zuercher the first time I met her about a year ago at a meeting of the...
After President Barack Obama made news last week with an effort to help college graduates with student loan payments, this week someone else is stepping up to...
