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.

Doctrines developed in the fifteenth century by Catholic theologians provided a new understanding of the market economy and are now recognized for their influence on economic theory.

Irving Kristol's analysis of neoconservatism sensibly influenced a group of catholic intellectuals identified with the expression Catholic Whig Tradition.

Political action must be taken to preserve Catholic schools as viable alternatives in urban education.

Personal medical funds and personally owed retirement accounts are successful in many other nations and should be tried in the United States.

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 1984, Mario Cuomo pioneered the argument that one may be "personally opposed" to abortion while supporting abortion rights. Ever since, this convenient locution has become a staple for countless Democratic politicians, particularly Roman Catholic ones.

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...