Such boldness must have shocked many diplomats present.

Another report in the unfolding story of this pontificate: 

There have even been bishops so impatient with the subtleties that make theology logical that they have turned two thousand years of Christianity upside down by announcing that the death penalty is absolutely immoral.

Bishop Miler Magrath (Maolmhuire Mag Raith) of Ireland (1523-1622) wrote his own epitaph for the tomb in Cashel in which he was finally laid in his one-hundredth year.

While experience cautions theologians against the quicksand of politics, politicians not infrequently rush in to theological matters where angels fear to tread.

Four Lessons from the 20th century.

What makes the West exceptional?

The nineteenth-century churchman John Henry Newman has shaped many of my views and how to apply them.

The foundational documents of our nation were influenced by Catholic political philosophers…

How did our bishops lose the confidence of the faithful, and how can the profound damage to the Church be repaired.