What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion to public funding for religious schools—seem so exhausting?
March 16, 2023
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Even the Cracks
what he called my crab consciousness,
merely his description for my either avoiding or digging
a hole
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The return of Cormac McCarthy
‘The Passenger’ and ‘Stella Maris,’ Cormac McCarthy’s elegiac, disputatious and deeply odd pair of new novels, offers a typically offbeat take on American culture and society.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The spirituality of sacristans: What this often overlooked role has to teach the church
Our task as sacristans is to attend to small acts of care in a world that is too often inattentive and careless.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Like Vatican II, the synod is a dynamic example of the church in history
In a way, maybe we are living all together as baptized Christians in the synodal process in the same way that the council fathers at Vatican II experienced collegiality in their role as bishops.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Could a smartphone destroy my child’s soul? A technological examination of conscience for parents
Technology is undeniably part of our lives. But when should it be introduced to children, used in schools or integrated into their social lives?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Do Catholics care about climate change?
A recent Pew survey found that overall Catholics show a higher degree of worry about the impact of climate change than other Christian denominations, but the issue appears to divide U.S. Catholics along the same political and racial lines as within the wider public.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Repentance and Holiness: The True Meaning of Lent
That the Lord seeks not to punish us for our sins but to call us all back to holiness is a conviction so strong among theologians in the church in the modern age that it risks becoming a truism.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Reckoning with the church’s record on slavery: Our readers respond
Read the responses to Christopher J. Kellerman, S.J., on the Catholic Church’s history with slavery. Comments were gathered from the online version of the article.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The synod is not an event. It’s a new way of being church.
“Our communion is unsure of itself.” We must “recover a sense of what holds us together.” The stakes are very high for our church, and listening to one another is the first step on a much longer journey.