Dorothy Stang the American missionary murdered in Brazil three years ago shines forth in two new biographies that join the growing network of materials about her life and work Roseanne Murphy also a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the biographer of their congregation 8217 s fo
Allow me to presume that you are one of those mildly perverse people who finds delight in stories that run counter to your usual fuddy-duddy moral judgments offered in public If so then we know that there are several sure-fire kinds of narrative that never lose the naughty appeal of slumming with
The Scripture readings for the Sundays of Lent are extraordinarily rich.
Christian Unity One hundred years ago the Rev. Paul Watson and Sister Laura White, co-founders of the American Anglican community called the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Atonement, organized the first Christian Unity Octave, a period of prayer for the reunion of the church that extended from
With income inequality in the United States hitting ever higher levels, it nonetheless comes as a jolt to learn that the share of after-tax income going to the wealthiest 1 percent of households has reached its highest point since the start of the Great Depression. Such is the conclusion of several