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WASHINGTON – With the U.S. solicitor general arguing in support of Arizona’s school tuition tax credit program, the Supreme Court justices Nov. 3 bounced back and forth between questions about the program’s constitutionality and whether the taxpayers who sued even have the legal standing to challenge it.

Re the latest column by Tony Magliano, “Afghanistan: Longest U.S. War” (CR, Oct. 14), I’m sure many of your faithful Catholic readers object to the constant expressions of anti-American writings put forth by Magliano. His every thought seems to focus on the killing of Afghan civilians by American military. Our involvement in Afghanistan is a terrible cross for our nation, but well meant by an unselfish and democratic country. We need support by all Americans – not the ravings of Magliano against our military. Please find someone from Catholic News Service to express pride in the terribly difficult task at hand for our courageous troops abroad. We all despise war. But support our nation, its military and the actions thereof.

The Western Wall had a great impact on several priests on our pilgrimage, as you’ll see in this reflection from Father Steve Hook. – CG Bishop Denis J. Madden prepares to celerate the fractioning rite during the Liturgy of the Eucharist in a Mass for a pilgrimage of priests from Maryland inside the Tomb of […]

The priests in the group continue to share some of their reflections on the pilgrimage. Here’s a different perspective from Father Ty Hullinger. – CG A memorial monument outside the Yad Vadhem Holocaust History Museum in Israel. (Catholic Review photo | Christopher Gunty) “For me, one special pilgrimage encounter was our visit to Yad Vashem, […]

I asked the priests in the group to share their some of their reflections on the pilgrimage. Here’s one from Third Order Regular of St. Francis Father Peter Lyons. – CG Priests from the Baltimore area stop for prayer along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering or Way of Grief) during Stations of the Cross […]

Tony Magliano’s column (CR, Oct. 14) asks some pertinent questions about the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, but ignores or overlooks several important considerations.