Paul Baumann

Born into rural and humble circumstances in the west of Ireland, Edna O’Brien rose to literary fame in 1970s London. She’s still active today.

Educated by Irish Catholic missionaries, Robert Mugabe helped Zimbabwe create a new middle class. But in his refusal to relinquish power, he committed atrocities.

Following the news can be exhausting. But that doesn’t absolve us of the duties and responsibilities of participatory democracy.

The pundit has accused Democrats of neglecting God, and moral concerns, in favor of strictly material policy proposals. That’s just not true.

The veneration of relics is a hard thing for many Catholics of this time and culture to wrap their minds around. But the practice is humanizing, not superstitious.

Endless military adventurism abroad and wasteful spending at home has made the United States weaker, not stronger. We need to make better use of the federal budget.