Father, Let Me Ask You a Question About You

Father, let me ask a question or two about you. I think we begin with the concept of the nation. If there's any institution that you'd expect to be in favor of globalization, it would be the Church of Rome. And yet, John Paul II and Benedict speak in terms of nations again and again and again. The difficulty for Catholic Americans these days is remaining true even to the fundamentals of their faith in public life.