Editorials
Ever-Rising Hunger and Homelessness
Casting a dark look over the past year, and an even darker look at what lies ahead, the U.S.
Articles
Catholic Women Deacons
The Vatican seems poised to publish a theological investigation into the diaconate that does not look kindly on women deacons.
No to War
Perhaps it was just coincidence that on the very day I was fuming about a syndicated column I had just read by George Weigel, I received a plea from a Catholic woman in Canada.
Catholics in Political Life
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, issued on Jan. 16 a document, dated Nov.
Justice and Equality
The intractable question of allowing affirmative action to be used in the selection of students for college admission will finally be settled by the United States Supreme Court.
Books and Culture
Books
Alice McDermott’s fiction (like William Kennedy’s) is to be praised, if for no other reason than that it transcends the tradition of Iris
Books
A few years ago, the Episcopal bishop of Newark, John Shelby Spong, penned a book entitled Why Christianity Must Change or Die.
Books
For an on-the-ground feel for the Holy Land and the high stakes it holds for the world’s three great religions, Judaism, Christianity and Is
Film
‘Is there any place on campus where they recite the Liturgy of the Hours?” The two undergraduates who popped into the sacristy after one
Television
Each day The New York Times, like most newspapers, publishes a television listing that includes a rundown of the day’s movies.
Columns and Departments
The Word
Faith in Focus
Of Many Things
Letters
