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  “After you left this morning, he did something that broke my heart,” said Cynthia, the sweetest, most gentle daycare lady in the world. My first thought was that my son had hit one of the other kids – that inescapable Irish temper. But what she said next was totally unexpected. “He just

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, the saying goes. And really no such thing as free Slurpees or free cupcakes. There’s always a catch.

Father Joe Breighner tells us the truth about cats and dogs.

If asked to list heroes of American freedom, people might reflect on the Revolutionary era and name George Washington, Nathan Hale and Betsy Ross. If asked to name heroes of religious liberty, they might go blank.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation that would force employers, including Catholic institutions, to pay, directly or indirectly, for insurance for sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs, stands as a religious liberty crisis.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” are the first words of the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791.

This Q & A answers questions such as what is religious liberty and describes the roots of religious liberty.

That’s the view of two legal scholars on religious liberty issues as they observe what they see as an orchestrated campaign against the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.