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SHARON MOLLERUS describes the present situation of the bipartisan attempts at reforming the immigration laws, as called for by the Catholic bishops and many other religious leaders
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5/17/2013
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Sharon Mollerus
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President Obama’s recent address to Planned Parenthood sweepingly mischaracterized abortion restrictions and pro-life views as culturally inaccurate and outdated. By ELISE ITALIANO
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5/8/2013
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Elise Italiano
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The interaction of multiple factors can escalate individual and group actions to the point of international terrorism. Complex rather than single causality is the norm. By JENNIFER BRYSON
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5/6/2013
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Jennifer Bryson
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MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS comments on the speech President Obama held at Planned Parenthood, and criticizes his unconditioned acceptance of abortion “on demand”, and the resulting culture war
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5/2/2013
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Michael Sean Winters
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FERNANDO DE HARO underlines the terrible ability of terrorism to wound a people, as it happened in Boston. But the American people is reacting, with hope and, maybe, with forgiveness
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4/29/2013
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Fernando De Haro
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The Boston tragedy have revealed that the American people have the determination and resources to defend their rights without any recourse to the manipulation of mobs. By LORENZO ALBACETE
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4/24/2013
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Lorenzo Albacete
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CORNELIS HULSMAN, Director of the Arab-West Report, comments on the re-opening of a mosque in Thessaloniki, pointing out the need for reciprocity in treating closed churches in Turkey
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4/19/2013
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Cornelis Hulsman
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LORENZO ALBACETE comments on the First and Second Amendments in relation to gun control, and on the possibility to defend human rights outside violence, even after the Boston bombing
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4/17/2013
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Lorenzo Albacete
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Margaret Thatcher was a woman who took her responsibilities seriously, refusing to hold power without making use of it, a creature of thought and action over feeling and emotion. JOHN WATERS
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4/9/2013
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John Waters
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North Dakota has passed a "heartbeat bill", similar to an Arkansas law, to restrict abortion after 6 weeks, as part of a trend in some states to protect fetal life. SHARON MOLLERUS
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4/4/2013
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Sharon Mollerus
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RICHARD GARNETT underlines the impossibility to reduce Pope Francis, his predecessors, the Church - and Christ - to any party of the American politics, as some commentators would like
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3/22/2013
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Editors
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MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS comments on the populist way through which Hugo Chavez governed Venezuela, and outlines the possible positives and negatives of populism in the American politics
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3/7/2013
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Michael Sean Winters
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As President Obama and Congress focus on immigration reform, Catholics have an opportunity to assist in fixing the current flawed system, if they stand together. KIM DANIELS
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3/1/2013
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Kim Daniels
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MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS takes a hard look at the State of the Union speech by President Obama and at the speech in response to it by the Republican leader Marco Rubio
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2/14/2013
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Michael Sean Winters
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LORENZO ALBACETE underlines the difficulties of the media as to the Pope’s retirement and the real teaching coming from his act, even for the US politics: what it means to be a free man
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2/13/2013
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Lorenzo Albacete
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MICHAEL HANBY talks about the relevance of lived Christian community as a witness to the continuing possibility of authentic human freedom and to a politics true to its own nature
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2/12/2013
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Michael Hanby
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MICHAEL HOPWOOD comments on the arguments that have been advanced about the bill proposing to change the legal definition of marriage in the UK to be soon discussed in the Parliament
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2/4/2013
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Michael Hopwood
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LORENZO ALBACETE talks about the contacts between the parties to find an agreement on a comprehensive immigration deal, and highlights the role the Catholic Church can play in this respect
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1/30/2013
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Lorenzo Albacete
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MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS analyses the results of the recent Israeli elections and the possible outcomes for the situation in the Middle east, particularly against the Iranian nuclear threat
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1/25/2013
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Michael Sean Winters
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LORENZO ALBACETE reflects on the role religion is playing in the U.S., in the light of Obama’s inauguration and the criteria for selecting the religious leaders to say the official prayers
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1/23/2013
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Lorenzo Albacete
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