Editorials

Catholics entered Holy Week by witnessing one of their faith’s iconic churches — built to honor the mother of Jesus, Notre Dame Cathedral de Paris — suffer … Read More

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide. In less than three months in 1994, more than 800,000 men, women and children, … Read More

Fond memories likely came flooding back to basketball fans around northeast Wisconsin last Saturday after witnessing Tony Bennett, head coach of the University of Virginia Cavaliers basketball … Read More

The March 18 announcement that Shopko, a Green Bay-based retail chain, will close all of its stores by mid-June came as blow to people throughout the Diocese … Read More

When William McLeod, a fourth grader at Valley View Elementary School in Bountiful, Utah, was told to wipe off the ashes from his forehead on Ash Wednesday, … Read More

America’s Dairyland. Wisconsin has held this title since the early 1900s, but in recent years, dairy farming has hit a wall. Production costs, overproduction and lower prices … Read More

During Lent, we often give up something as a type of fasting — physical or spiritual. The idea is to purge ourselves of something that might stand … Read More

In his 2013 apostolic exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel,” Pope Francis discusses the church’s missionary focus and introduces us to a simple strategy of evangelizing. He … Read More

February is Catholic Press Month in the United States. According to the Catholic Press Association, there are currently 125 Catholic newspapers in the United States and Canada, … Read More

A serious challenge to the First Amendment’s free exercise of religion took place last week — and it happened at no place other than the U.S. Supreme … Read More