From the earliest days of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II exhorted the Church: “Do not be afraid.”  The subsequent events of his pontificate made it clear that, far from merely instructing the faithful in this way, John Paul II also lived those words.  Given the present state of our nation, the earnestness with which the Church in America ...

I had a teacher in high school who provided the class with an interesting definition of politics.  Defining politics, he maintained, was as simple as just breaking down the word into its parts:  poly = many, tics = blood-sucking creatures. I think we can all agree that’s pretty accurate… All jokes aside, the sad reality is that many people...