Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:

Our racial minorities in the tense and poor areas of the city especially need the police.

"We can evangelize through beer ... and surprise people by showing them how beer has a Catholic pedigree and how faith can enter into all elements of our life."

Only about 350,000 people live on the island.

No one knows how many skeletons are under St. Mary's in Norfolk, or why the 162-year-old Catholic church was built right on top of a cemetery.

Scientists confirmed this month that a crucifix in the Italian city of Lucca is the oldest wooden statue in Europe.

Officially named the Museum and Crypt of the Capuchin Friars, a series of small chapels beneath the 17th century church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini holds the bones and mummified remains of an estimated 4,000 individuals.

We reproduce below a searing indictment of American higher education by Dr. Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame.

Identity politics overcomes sin by offering up a mortal scapegoat: the white heterosexual man, who, if sacrificed and purged, will cleanse the world of stain.

We've just celebrated Independence Day, and in a pluralistic society, with different worldviews and values, nothing unites the American people more than appeals to freedom.

These past few months, I expect many folks have found themselves resorting to the page and the lamp more often.

Arrest of black activist who allegedly accosted a Rosary-praying mother of four and restaurant patrons sparks riots, firebomb, and criminal damage to statues in the downtown of Wisconsin's capital.

Since the lockdown began, 18 people have been killed by the police, according to the National Human Rights Commission.

Children need room to play, but inspiring wonder without also teaching that some things aren't up for debate is like loosing little children to explore, create, and discover on a busy interstate.

So this is me, warning you now of ten issues you will face, if you are thinking of going in with your finances separate, that maybe your mother hasn't taken into account and your priest doesn't think you'll listen to if he tells you.

All those night wakings and endless demands? They can serve a higher purpose.

Geraldine McCaughrean, accepting award for Where the World Ends, warned that restricting the language children read risks creating a future underclass who are 'easy to manipulate.'

To be a neighbor is to be bound to another for the good of the other. It is accepted restrictions on freedom for a broader flourishing, a good created and held in common.