May 19, 2025 | Catholicism, faith, politics, Vatican
by Patrick Novecosky American Catholics didn’t want an American pope. The idea was off the table because everyone told them it was unrealistic. How could the world’s cardinals go into the conclave and give the world a pope from the world’s only...
Jul 3, 2009 | culture, faith
JULY 3, 2009 — I’m a new American. A few hours after my son was born two years ago, I raised my right hand and took the oath of citizenship. I swore to “defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America” because the Constitution’s values are...
