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To some, Jack Sheehy's great-great grandfather was a criminal but to others, including Sheehy, he was a hero. Sheehy, of Tewksbury, is a descendant of Denis Cashman, an Irish freedom ...
Public opinion seems to have a particular effect when it comes to the social policy regarding migration. From December 2003 to December 2005, I represented the United States as one of the 19 commissi ...
Ethiopia was one of the earliest nations to adopt Christianity in the first half of the fourth century. Today, the country is over 67 percent Christian, embracing Ethiopian Orthodox, Pentecostal Chris ...
It has been a little while since I visited with you in these pages. I hope that you had time this summer to be with family and friends and opportunities for relaxation and renewal. I have always found ...
Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law School professor and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See who served in various roles under three popes, received the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Knight ...
Practically everyone is quirky and philosophical, and nearly everyone dies violently in the rapid-fire thriller ...
Eileen McLaughlin, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, compares being a new teacher at a Catholic school to ...
Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused "so much terror, destruction and death." "I ...
Renewing the membership of the Vatican Dicastery for Clergy, Pope Leo XIV included as members the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, a Canadian ...
Catholic legislators are called to enact laws that reflect love of God and love of neighbor, Pope Leo XIV told an international group of lawmakers.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency tasked with enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring ...
Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe Aug. 22 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine ...