What We Can Learn From Al Smith’s Responses to Anti-Catholic Bigotry
COMMENTARY: The way he responded to the challenge in the 1920s gives us a model today for speaking as Catholics in the public square.
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St. Anthony’s Chapel — Where the Dead Live and the Dying Find New Life
At St. Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburgh, the dead lie round — more than 5,000 of them.
5 Ways of Dealing With Anti-Catholic Bigotry, According to Al Smith
COMMENTARY: The Catholic politician ran for president almost 100 years ago. The way he responded to attacks on his faith offers five lessons for our own engagement in politics — and in arguments about politics.
How Pets Can Aid Us in Becoming More Christlike and Better Serve Others
COMMENTARY: A few lessons for the feast of St. Francis, patron saint of animals
3 Ways Liberals Will Attack Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic Faith
COMMENTARY: If a religious believer like Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, the secular dogma will live loudly in the public discourse.
The Church Teaches Truth, and Truth Can Never Contradict Truth
COMMENTARY: Catholics can accept what scientists discover, because we know the truths they truly find can never contradict the truths we know through the Church.
