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Detail of John Trumbull’s 1819 painting “Declaration of Independence,” detailing the five-man drafting committee — John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin — presenting the Declaration to John Hancock and the Congress.

The Declaration of Independence Packs History-Changing Power

COMMENTARY: That power resonates beyond the shores of the United States 250 years later.

Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries July 3, 2026

5 Heroes of American Catholicism

Charles and John Carroll, St. Junípero Serra, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and Venerable Fulton Sheen profoundly affected the United States and its citizens.

Matthew Bunson Features June 29, 2026

Tourists walk near the Irish Hunger Memorial located in Battery Park in Lower Manhattan. The Irish Hunger Memorial (or Irish Famine Memorial), the creation of artist Brian Tolle, is a monument and a garden dedicated to those who perished during the Great Irish Famine and Migration of 1845-1852.

‘The Making of Irish New York’: Historian Offers New Insights Into the Emerald Isle Diaspora in the Big Apple

Author upends more than 150 years of assumptions about the approximately 1.3 million immigrants from Ireland who came to the United States during and just after the Great Famine of the 1840s.

Matthew McDonald Books August 10, 2024

Clockwise from left: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, a U.S. Navy chaplain, is shown at the scene of the Oct. 23, 1983, Beirut barracks bombing. Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties after the terrorist attack. Vice President George H.W. Bush tours the site two days after the attack. Also shown: the sign for the Peacekeeping Chapel in Beirut; this portion of the sign survived the attack 40 years ago. It is part of the historical collection at the U.S. Naval Chaplaincy School and Center.

The Priest, the Rabbi and the Beirut Terrorist Attack of 1983

While the current Israel-Hamas war rages: a tale of interfaith respect from an earlier conflict in the Middle East

K.V. Turley World October 21, 2023

The times of Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Reagan are chronicled in recent history books via a Catholic lens.

Prelates and Presidents: 2 Books Offer Deep Dive Into US Catholic History

BOOK PICKS: Just in time for Presidents’ Day, take time to learn about the epic history of Catholicism in America.

Stephanie Mann Books February 21, 2023

Statue of St. Junipero Serra inside Golden Gate park before it was toppled June 19, 2020.

Healing Memory, Honoring History

A REGISTER EDITORIAL: Americans must work together to heal the memories of the past, and we must call out tactics that undermine, rather than strengthen, our constitutional freedoms including religious liberty.

The Editors Editorial June 30, 2020