James T. Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, The Movie and the Soul of the Port of New York, reports from the banks of the Hudson River on Budd Schulberg and the Jesuit labor priests who inspired the award-winning film, On the Waterfront. 

Why the Vatican needs to recognize ordinary men and women who have lead extraordinary lives of holiness.

A slideshow from the Catholic chaplaincy at San Quentin State Prison.

Patrick Conroy is a Jesuit priest whose job it is to pray for Congress.

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