Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest.

It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.

I'm very close to the pro-life movement.

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.

It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest.

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.