Editorials
Immigrants From Mexico
From being a country that once welcomed immigrants, the United States has become a nation that has raised higher and higher barriers against them.
Articles
Priscilla and Aquila Set Out Again
We who live today in a notably hierarchical church do not always find it easy to appreciate the important role of lay people in the early church, especially of women, even though we have heard abou
Wahhabism and Jihad
Since the heinous attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon on Sept.
Contemporary Catholics on Traditional Devotions
A surprising number of studies suggest that the appeal of traditional devotions among younger Catholics is on the rise.
The Angelus
My first memory of hearing the Angelus prayed was on a hillside in Mexico. We were in a country place not far from Puebla.
First Fridays
A few years ago the late Lou Bannan, S.J. was presiding at the noontime Mass on a first Friday of the month at Santa Clara University.
The Stations of the Cross
Jan. 12, 1995 is etched permanently in my memory.
Books and Culture
Books
In Stanzas From the Grande Chartreuse (1855) Matthew Arnold famously agonized over being caught between two conflicting worlds: a bel
Books
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 signaled the end of the policy of containment that had guided American foreign policy during the cold wa
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