Editorial — Will you welcome refugees?
byA four-column headline in the New York Times’ Sunday opinion section posed the question, “Would you hide a Jew from the Nazis?” Would you?…
Editorials
Editorial — Living the Year of Mercy
byThe Year of Mercy has become, unfortunately, a year of violence. In some cases, unspeakable violence, as illustrated by the senseless murder of two…
Editorial – Healthy families, healthy work
byIn their annual Labor Day statement, the bishops of the United States this year draw a direct correlation between a healthy work life and…
Editorial – Women of God
byThis week’s edition of The Record focuses heavily on the service of women religious — that of the celebrated soon-to-be-saint Blessed Teresa of Kolkata…
Editorial – Expanding access to schools
byEvery single grade-school student who demonstrated financial need received a scholarship to attend a Catholic school this fall. That’s an impressive feat. Exactly 2,650…
Editorial – Death penalty is a dead end
byWhen people in Kentucky get all of the facts, a majority realize the death penalty is a dead end. This is demonstrated in a…
Editorial – What makes a hero?
byA group of military service veterans were enjoying each other’s company recently when the discussion of “heroes” began. The word, they agreed, is tossed…
Editorial – In honor of our teachers
byIf there was any doubt that Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville are producing high achieving and generous students, a listing of…
Editorial – Healing division
byDays after we blithely demonstrated, once again, our pride in this “great nation,” America’s sins took center stage in a horrific explosion of gun…
Editorial – On faithful citizenship
byDuring the annual singing of “America the Beautiful” in churches around the nation last weekend, Christians prayed in the second verse that God might…