Editorial — Smiles are important
When Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires became pope, one of the first things noticed about him was the warmth of his smile. It…
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Editorial — Everybody’s problem
The struggle for racial equality in this nation is filled with empty promises, vacuous rhetoric — and excuses. The police excuse violence against minorities…
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Editorial — Are we at a tipping point?
We’ve all heard it — the more things change, the more they stay the same. But perhaps not this time. There is a great…
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Editorial – Disconnect to connect
Recently while dining at a local eatery — a cut above fast-food but a level below “reservations only,” — a couple took notice of…
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Editorial — Remember to Pray
Back during the Red-scare days of the late 1940s and 1950s, there was a radio program called “Family Theater.” Occasionally an episode or two…
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Editorial — Take hope and comfort
When the decades begin to pile up and the sand at the top of the hour glass seems to flee more quickly to the…
Read MoreEditorial — This pope changed lives
On a sun-filled April day in 2008, more than 60,000 people filled Yankee Stadium in New York City to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, who…
Read MoreEditorial — A word on the ‘Year of Faith’
Any journalist worth his or her salt will tell you, consistently, that newspapers — especially in their new and often smaller form these days…
Read MoreEditorial — Accepting responsibility
It seems to begin almost at birth, this ingrained response that makes us avoid assuming responsibility. You see it in youngsters who are quick…
Read MoreEditorial — A cause for optimism
There was a time in the Archdiocese of Louisville when any conversation about vocations — or the need for increased vocations — was usually…
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