Articles
Dominus Iesus and the Jews
The Declaration Dominus Iesus, issued in September 2000 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, aroused deep concern among many Jews and not a few Catholics.
A Voice Against the Flames
In an age when the Taliban invoke religion to justify demolishing statues of Buddha, it is heartening to learn of a Catholic jurist who used all of his powers of argument to prevent the burning of Jew
Stem Cell Challenges
A friend recently asked me whether the Catholic Church, in its opposition to embryonic stem cell research, is committing a folly equal to its condemnation of Galileo.
Books and Culture
Books
The more particular the focus, goes one literary axiom, the more universal its resonance.
Books
The Jesuit John Dear once asked God for a sign. Not only did he ask for a sign, he gave God a timetable: right now.
Books
One of the more interesting and paradoxical characters in the debate over capital punishment is the person on the political right who attemp
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The Word
Faith in Focus
Of Many Things
Letters
