The Eye and I: Do the questions science poses diminish the God of faith?
Do the questions science poses diminish the God of faith?
Benedict XVI And the Synod of Bishops: Are significant changes in the synod process likely?
Are significant changes in the synod process likely?
Waiting for Good News: A lawyer hopes for an end to capital punishment.
A lawyer hopes for an end to capital punishment.
Hanukkah and the Miracle of Self-Renewal
They start arriving in August: the interminable parade of catalogues hawking tantalizing Christmas wares. Before I have finished writing my High Holy Day sermons, before the start of school, long before the leaves have turned, before anyone has given the remotest thought to getting bags of candy for
Facing the Inquisition: A pope seeks pardon.
With its vividly re-enacted scenes of torture, book burning and violence, the PBS series “Secret Files of the Inquisition” made clear that stereotypical views of the Inquisition are not going away anytime soon. It also ensured that a negative interpretation of this Catholic history will
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Cardinal William Keeler and Catholic-Jewish relations
Letters
Letters
No Simple Answers The editorial Amnesty and Abortion (10/29) raises difficult questions. I agree that we should continue to reach out to those with whom we disagree. But I think it is incorrect to say that Amnesty Inter-national adopts a utilitarian calculus. It is a murky world in which we work, a
Editorials
Following Conscience
The case for the legalization of selection conscientious objection.
Faith in Focus
The Surprise Child: The third in a series for Advent and Christmas
For many Christians it has perhaps become commonplace to view Advent as a season of inevitability, a ritual expectation of the birth of the Son of God, surely, but one that lacks suspense. We already know how the story will turn out, dont we? The Holy Family will make it to Bethlehem; they will find
The Word
Salvation and The Savior
The second Sunday of Advent
Columns
A Future Without Parish Schools: ‘We ought to begin the search for alternative models of catechesis.’
Looking for alternative models of catechesis.
Culture
Deck the Shelves With Books Aplenty
Christmas reading recommendations from our literary editor.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Identifying immigrants, violence against women, the rise of Hugo Chavez
Faith
Pope Benedict on hope: Considering the pope’s new encyclical
An analysis of the encyclical ‘Spe Salvi’
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Signs of the Times
Stem cell breakthrough, new bishops in China, Oregon abuse settlement
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Vatican
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