Catholic Journal

Category - Politics

A Catholic President in Spirit

Democratic New York Governor Alfred Smith was the very first Catholic to run for president, having secured his party’s nomination in 1928. Despite losing to Republican Herbert Hoover, Smith won the largest metropolitan...

A Mission from God

Every time my wife and I go to a Costco, I head for their small table featuring best-sellers at discount prices. To my surprise Hope, the new autobiography of Pope Francis was available. It had been on my list so I put...

Do Not Pass Go!

Several years ago, I served on the board of directors of a pair of Atlantic City, New Jersey hotels. It was in Atlantic City that Charles Darrow created the board game Monopoly in 1933. As a child I loved to evaluate my...