Editorial – Nonsense of nuclear war
byThose of us who spent our formative years in the 1950s or 1960s remember “living with the bomb,” as some sociologists called it back…
Editorials
Editorial – The ‘backside ministry’
byChurchill Downs has “gone dark,” which in the Thoroughbred horse-racing business means the spring meet has ended. Many of the horses, including the first…
Who will respond?
byPope Francis did something important in Bolivia last week. He fanned the flames of people who work for justice — here in Louisville and…
Vets are finding a way home
byIn case you missed it in May, The Record reported that the Coalition for the Homeless’ 2014 census showed a decline in homelessness. That…
Editorial — Do you hear the bell toll?
byIt’s time to set aside arguments about climate change and its causes. There’s no doubt that people are suffering because of changing weather patterns…
Editorial — The pope is a phenomenon
byIt may well be that the world and the church have in the past seen a pope become a social phenomenon. But it seems…
Editorial — Priests share God’s love
byJudging by the crowd that filled the Cathedral of the Assumption May 30 to overflowing, the three men ordained priests that day have, at…
Editorial — It can happen here
byDon’t let anyone tell you it can’t happen here. Don’t let anyone say Kentucky is a much too conservative state to ever repeal capital…
Editorial — A ‘genocide’ at sea
byThere are bodies floating in the Mediterranean Sea, bodies that fell from ramshackle boats that capsize almost daily. The bodies are those of people…
Editorial — A personal education
byMore than 1,400 teenagers are graduating from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville this month. Flip through The Record’s annual graduation section…