Editorials
Current Comment
Justice in the Rift ValleyThose with long memories, as well as admirers of Isak Dinesen’s writings, may recall the Honorable Hugh Cholmondeley, the third Baron Delamere, who was one of the original wh
All Souls Day, 2006
Among the great spirituals created by the African-American churches in the South is one that compares death to a train.
Articles
Coalition Crunch
A long time ago, in the 1960’s, I found myself in a march protesting what I thought was some covert racism at Saint Louis University.
Human Rights, Justice and the World Church
When more than 400 Catholic moral theologians from around the world gathered in Padua, Italy, from July 8 to 11, the meeting evoked an awareness of God calling the church to deeper communion and ge
Hard Questions About Just War
At the closing of a worldwide assembly of Catholic moral theologians in Padua, Italy, in July, the participants gathered in the handsome courtyard of the city’s major seminary for a candlelit banqu
Lebanon's Reconstruction
When I met Antanos Hasrouni at the height of the conflict in Lebanon, the bitter irony of his life hung like a cloud about him.
Darth Mauled
Some see Halloween as a time for pretty outfits and make-believe—“My, what a handsome scarecrow” and the like.
Books and Culture
Culture
"Batter my heart, three-personed God." "The world is charged with the grandeur of God." "Slouching towards Bethlehem." In each generation
Film
Rare is a saint’s biographer who can refrain from writing in the first few pages of the book: His life would make a great film!
