Garrity: Failure in 2025
The often-repeated caveat that one should avoid talking about politics and religion has never been more appropriate than in the age of division in which we live.... Read more.
Garrity: What Christians believe
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity On the threshold of Christmas, Muslims, Jews and Hindu’s are bombarded with Christian imagery that is not part of their traditions. Santa... Read more.
Garrity: Unnecessary soul searching
“Donald Trump won the 2024 election by the people who were not paying attention.” This observation should be taken to heart by all the people who mistakenly... Read more.
Garrity: Renewing the common good
Making sense of the divisions within our nation at this moment in history has never been more important. Culture issues stand out as among the most divisive realities... Read more.
Garrity: Conclave was escapism at its best
Conclave brought me back to the day I visited a 7th grade classroom at St. Mary’s School. I had just returned from Rome and was eager to share some of my Vatican... Read more.
Garrity: It has been said …
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity It has been said that a lie can make its way around the world before truth can put its pants on in the morning! It has been said that new immigrants... Read more.
Garrity: Public guardrails can prevent a very real ‘1984’
There was a time when public servants who knowingly lied were punished administratively, if they had appointed jobs. Elected public servants were punished through... Read more.
Msgr. Garrity: Middle East situation desperately needs historical perspective
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity The crisis in the Middle East today is the result of failed leadership over the past 150 years. This does not mean that there were not great... Read more.
Msgr. Garrity: View immigration issue through prism of history
Immigration has become one of the leading concerns of many in the US today. When the word migrant is used, it is often in a negative context. Driven by constant... Read more.
Garrity: Rethinking the abortion debate
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity When Roe v. Wade happened in 1973, women were given the legal right to make decisions about their pregnancies. Before this, there were no reliable... Read more.