Knowledge

Fred Glidden understands the awesome privilege and responsibility that come with voting. The proud father and grandfather fought in the Korean War, put himself through college, and worked long hours as a pharmacist to support his family. He…

In Dublin, Ireland, on a cold December night in 1881, Sister M. Francis Clare (Margaret Anna) Cusack, stepped off the train from Tuam and wearily made her way to the Poor Clare convent at Harold’s Cross. She rang the bell, and as soon as…

Considered in the light of Jesus’ teachings about nonviolence, isn’t the concept of “just war” an oxymoron? - B.B., SOUTH DAKOTA In 1983 the bishops of the United States issued a peace pastoral that laid out “some principles, norms, and…

I’m curious about salaries for parish priests. How much do priests make each year? Can they keep what they earn? - T.M., Illinois Your question arrived in the same mail that brought my copy of the Baltimore Catholic Review for July 5, 2007.…