The initial euphoria of Pope Francis's election was being replaced by the realization that we women would continue to be joked about, romanticized, and patronized.
An outrage was perpetrated against voters in Arizona, and we can't ignore the warning that the disenfranchisement of thousands of its citizens offers our nation.
Two cataclysms have put pressure on Europe: the economic meltdown; and the refugee crisis spurred by catastrophe in the Arab world and inflamed by ISIS terror.
