In the 19th century, Catholics came face to face with prejudice and disdain for Catholicism. The Catholic school was a response. It was the privileged place where the great Catholic tradition could be passed on.
As the United States receives with great enthusiasm its 44th President, great hopes have been ignited and expectations have risen to a fever pitch. The country is poised for change. But not all change is progress. Not all change is good.
Almost 5,000 years ago, the architect Imhotep built the earliest known pyramid to house the body of the pharaoh Djoser. To honor their dead, Greek aristocrats in the sixth century B.C. built lavish funeral monuments along the roads near Athens. The Romans also honored the dead