Archbishop Charles Chaput

Build a culture of life. Be a martyr if necessary.

Sheila Liaugminas | 17 March 2011

“If we’re uncomfortable being Christians in a public debate, then we’ve already lost the war.”

Judge John Roll, RIP

Sheila Liaugminas | 16 January 2011

At the last Mass John Roll attended last Saturday, he would have heard the antiphon “…on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen.” Within a couple of hours he would be shot dead by a mad gunman. Arizona’s highly respected chief federal judge was laid to rest Friday, and those who knew him best say his life was filled with light.

Bishops: Fix the bill

Sheila Liaugminas | 24 March 2010

Well-intended and necessary as health care reform is, just expanding government programs to make more Americans insured to access a government controlled industry is not enough to affirm human dignity and serve the common good. At least not as mandated in the newly passed legislation, say the U.S. bishops.