Vatican newspaper on American doorsteps

The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has announced that they are expanding into the United States. It will be distributed in English by the Catholic publishing company of ‘Our Sunday Visitor’ based out of Indiana. They are responsible for...

How to defend faith without raising your voice

It is about winning friends, not arguments. It is about shedding light, not heat. It’s about reframing the argument so hearts can be opened and minds can be inspired. How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice is a new sort of apologetics. It is for...

5 tips for decreasing polarization

 Congress is now more polarized than at any time since Civil War Reconstruction. As we barrel toward a nasty presidential election, things will get even worse. Charles C. Camosy offers five practices for moving beyond the polarization which currently dominates our...

Bishop supports DREAM ACT

Saying the Catholic Church has a history of working with immigrants and the oppressed, Bishop Denis J. Madden voiced his support for the DREAM Act July 18. Bishop Madden appeared at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, along with the school’s president,...

We see what we want to see?

On June 22, previewing an evaluation of the Vatican’s financial transparency by Moneyval, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, I  (John Allen of NCR) wrote: “The report is probably destined to trigger confusing and conflicting headlines about how well...
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