When Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger took the name Benedict XVI in late April, observers immediately speculated as to what it meant. Papal names often carry great significance. 

Excavating my desk recently, I found the program notes from a Tallis Scholars concert my wife and I had attended a few months ago.

When I look at the Church, I see a treasure trove of wonders and mysteries to which we grow all too accustomed.

Several years ago my son and I were sitting in the beautiful courtyard of San Juan Capistrano.

There's much to say about Charles Carroll's contributions to America as statesman and senator and much to admire about this man's amiable and noble character.

The first sight that met my eyes when my father turned onto Nassau Street was the high Gothic tower of the Commons, where we freshmen and sophomores of Princeton University would take our meals.

Certainly there is much to applaud in the American Catholic school system that currently enrolls almost 2.5 million students in its primary and secondary schools.

The Church's clear teaching, constantly reiterated by the Holy See, affirms that parents are the first educators of their children.

It was Christian morality, and the evident love of Christian families, that gradually converted the Roman Empire.

Cristo Rey schools provide an exemplary model, one that is growing and expanding and could revitalize the realization of Catholic schools nationwide.