In the run-up to this weekend's G-8 summit at Camp David, journalists have unfavorably compared European "austerity" with Barack Obama's economic policies.

What America and Catholics think about the Pope in general, his leadership, his political and social positions, the influence he has had, and the Church after the sexual abuse scandals.

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.

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.

Newt Gingrich had a great 24 hours going into the debate, getting the endorsement of Rick Perry and leading in three South Carolina polls released today, but I think both Romney and Santorum did much better in the debate and may have recovered significant ground. 

Former Speaker of the House and AEI scholar Newt Gingrich will discuss how, in addition to the political, economic, and military factors that contributed to the defeat of Soviet communism, spiritual factors were also decisive in achieving victory.

Pope John Paul II taught the world, religious and non-religious alike, that a future worthy of man must be rooted in recognition of the incomparable dignity of the human person and a commitment on behalf of the human person.

Twenty years ago the most visible symbol of totalitarian evil, the Berlin Wall, tumbled down. It became evident to us that spiritual factors were decisive.