Editorials
The Weight of Glory
C. S. Lewis compared the risen life to the lightness of an early summer morning when we feel one with sunlight and the gentle air.
Articles
Self-Hating Humanity?
In the fantasy novel That Hideous Strength, a young social scientist, hoping to break into the inner circle of the prestigious National Institute for Coordinated Experiments (acronym: NICE) dis
A Holy Man and Lover of the World
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., died 50 years ago in New York City. At the time, he was widely recognized in U.S.
Catholics and Jews:Healing the Wounds
Catholic Christianity’s understanding of and relationship with Judaism and the Jewish people was radically transformed by the the Second Vatican Council’s declaration, “The Relation of the Church t
The Myth of Reform: Tougher Is Better
Hours after the 109th Congress convened in early January, Republican majority leaders delivered this startling notice: they intend to transform public aid to the poor into a compulsory work program th
Books and Culture
Books
Since the flurry of biographies of Pope John Paul II appeared in the 1990’s, an uneasy deathwatch has set in among Vaticanologists, who h
Books
This slender but powerful book describes how an upper-middle-class parish in Lima, Peru, was transformed in concert with the poor people
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