Having a small child face an illness that doctors declare to be untreatable and ultimately fatal is nightmare enough for any parent. But the recent high-profile case of Alfie Evans is a reminder of the human capacity to create further harm in
The Middle East was the birthplace of Christianity and has been, down through the ages, the greatest source of Christian martyrs. In recent decades, as the plight of Christians in the Middle East largely has been ignored by the West in the
It takes something extraordinary to rain on a triumph like the NCAA men’s basketball championship. But after Villanova prevailed in the final game on April 2, one of their players, 21-year-old Donte DiVincenzo, who is white, was asked by reporters about comments
This year, the observance of Holy Week came with more focus on hell than usual, because of the assertion on Holy Thursday by an Italian journalist that Pope Francis told him that hell does not exist. Eugenio Scalfari, the 93-year-old co-founder and
The world watched as hundreds of thousands of people — young and not-so-young — marched for an end to gun violence and called for gun reforms March 24. Indeed, gun violence is a disturbingly common problem in today’s society — especially when
Archbishop John F. Noll created Our Sunday Visitor to respond to attacks against the Church from outside groups. Unfortunately, 105 years later, we are finding similar attacks taking place within our own ranks. We have spoken out before in this space against