Editorials
More Hunger, More Homelessness
Hunger and homelessnessmore and more Americans are feeling the cruel effects of both these painful phenomena. Such is the overall conclusion of the U.S.
Articles
Do Good People Need Confession?
More than one perplexed priest has asked me: What should I do when people come to confession and say they have nothing to confess?
Why Catholics Fast
At a friend’s home a few years ago, I sat across the dining table from a Muslim woman who had been born in Egypt and had lived in many cities around the world.
Capitalist Conscience
At the risk of being rounded up as a Taliban sympathizer, I propose that President Bush is dressing up a boondoggle for the rich as a patriotic budget, wrapped in the American flag.
Books and Culture
Culture
I once had a spiritual director who told me that A Lent missed is a year lost from the spiritual life.
Books
Following another’s spiritual journey can be a voyeuristic undertaking.
Books
America’s Bishop, the first full biography of Fulton Sheen, holds a candle to its subject.
