John F. Kennedy

Book Review

Policies of JFK and LBJ led to mass incarceration, author argues

Sep 28, 2016

FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO THE WAR ON CRIME: THE MAKING OF MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA
By Elizabeth Hinton
Published by Harvard University Press, 464 pages, $29.95

What's so wrong with a brokered convention?

by Pat Perriello

Mar 10, 2016

In the summer of 1956, as a 6th grader, I watched the Democratic National Convention with amazement as a young Irish Catholic senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, came within 38 ½ votes of the Democratic nomination for vice president of the United States. I also watched as he lost that nomination to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee on the next ballot.

Longtime friend of Fr. Ted Hesburgh recalls 'fisher of the young and of the old'

by Tom Gallagher

Mar 7, 2015

Retired U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford met Holy Cross Fr. Ted Hesburgh in the 1950s. The two global citizens and public servants quickly became kindred spirits.

Cuba-U.S. reset long promoted by church leaders in both countries

by Patricia Zapor

Dec 22, 2014

A not-insignificant part of the diplomatic coup pulled off by the White House and Cuban leaders Dec. 17 was that hardly anyone knew they had been working toward a reset in relations between the two neighbors and longtime antagonists.

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Policies of JFK and LBJ led to mass incarceration, author argues

What's so wrong with a brokered convention?

Longtime friend of Fr. Ted Hesburgh recalls 'fisher of the young and of the old'

Cuba-U.S. reset long promoted by church leaders in both countries

How Jackie Bouvier almost married an Irish lawyer

Letters to Irish priest reveal Jackie Kennedy's struggles with faith

Volunteers say in Peace Corps they learned about universality of church

Memoir recalls bishop setting aside own grief to write Kennedy eulogy

Fear, tears and silence: the day JFK died

Remembering the assassination that defined a generation

The assassination of John F. Kennedy and 'Project Unspeakable'

How much changes in 50 years, and how much stays the same?

Exploring the true meaning of anti-Catholicism