Why are we all conceived with original sin?

A reader asks: “Why is everybody, except the Blessed Virgin, conceived with original sin on their souls? If all of us inherit our first parents’ mortal sin, why do we not inherit the personal sins of our own parents or other ancestors?”

Is politics the result of original sin?

With one election cycle over and, certainly, another one about to begin, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, writes that the timing was perfect for a panel discussion to be held on “The Creation of Politics” at a recent conference