President Obama attacked Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget as “nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism.” That is not surprising. What is surprising is that the chairman of a major committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a similar scathing attack against Ryan.

What’s important now is not to let what happened to Fishtown be ignored. For whatever reasons, the culture that used to characterize working-class America — indeed, that made working-class America the spine of America’s civic culture — has come apart. Recognizing that this has happened is the indispensable first step in figuring out what to do next.

Jeremiah Wright does not speak for mainstream black churches--and he has done them a gross disservice by claiming to do so.

At this event, an "intergenerational" panel will discuss and debate how Christians should think about government spending priorities.

As the region's leaders gather for the Summit of the Americas on April 14-15, some plan to argue for Castro's inclusion — but will any speak up for the Cuban people? Please join us for a discussion among a panel of experts, some of whom recently returned from Cuba.

In a keynote address, the Orthodox Church in America’s Metropolitan Jonah, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada provided insight into how persons of faith might deal with the challenges brought by the consumer age.

On February 17 the Italian newspaper: "L’Unità" (the official Democratic Party and already former communist newspaper) published an interesting article by the Hon. Stefano Fassina (responsible for the economical department of the Italian Democratic Party), eloquently entitled: "Catholic thinking can help to defeat liberalism." The author calls for a fruitful...

The debate flaring among American Catholics might be just as bitter and intense as any political dispute.