American political campaigns have never been for the squeamish. With the sole exceptions of George Washington’s two uncontested elections, every presidential campaign has seen...
In his speech to the Democratic National Convention, nominating President Obama for a second term, former president Bill Clinton said that the choice before...
In his 1958 book, Reflections on America, the great French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (who took refuge in the United States during World War...
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, the most important Catholic event since the 16th-century Council of Trent, was solemnly opened by Pope John...
A lot of people thought Frank Sheed was insane.
Sheed was a well-educated lawyer, a well-trained theologian, and the owner of a successful publishing company. ...
When Marie Francis Martin was 10 years old, her father offered her painting lessons. Marie loved art and dreamed of painting beautiful masterpieces. But...
