Editorial – The cost of war
byCount the dead. That’s what most people do when it comes time to assess the cost of war. They tally up the flag-draped caskets…
Editorials
Editorial — End the violence
byThe subjects of peace, violence and gun rights are converging this week in Louisville, a city whose latest parade was interrupted by gunfire….
Editorial – Solidarity at the backside
byThe celebrities and tourists are gone, but Churchill Downs is still teeming with people — workers and their families whose lives revolve around the…
Editorial – Who are we fighting?
byThere really is a war being waged against Christians but it has nothing to do with the color of coffee cups at Christmastime or…
Editorial — Open to the Spirit
byLast week, 16 Jesuit novices struck out, each on his own, for a 30-day pilgrimage with just $35, a book of prayers and a…
Editorial – On Muslim-Catholic dialogue
bySome of the rhetoric regarding our Muslim brothers and sisters, which we’ve heard all too often recently, is reprehensible at best. And it should…
Editorial — On being responsible
byIf you regularly read obituaries, as people beyond middle-age increasingly do, you’ll find an assemblage of kind and loving adjectives used to capture someone’s…
Editorial — Gratitude for our educators
byWhile Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan drew the big laughs and applause at the Catholic Education Foundation’s Salute to Catholic School Alumni dinner last month,…
Editorial – The moral dimension
byAs U.S. presidential politics began to overshadow Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico last week, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz admirably attempted to pull the discussion…
Editorial — Take pride in our schools
byOurs is a time filled with uncertainty. There is concern and consternation about the global economy and its impact on all of us. Foreign…