Parish Revival: What Catholics can learn from Protestant megachurches
What Catholics can learn from Protestant megachurches
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And it's starting to bug me just a little bit.
Letters
Letters
National Service Needed
Re “Up or Out” (Editorial, 12/7): I have favored a universal two-year period of national service for all citizens since before 9/11. It was my privilege to be a commissioned officer in the regular Army for nine years. I was stationed only in the United States, but as a psychiatrist I know…
Editorials
A Simple Contemplation
In these difficult times, what might the experiences of the Holy Family say to us in our world?
Faith in Focus
This Boy’s Life: Lessons from a Catholic childhood
Lessons from a Catholic childhood
Books
Common Good Sense
Michael Sandel wants us to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers.
The Sun Rises in the East
Is it really inevitable that China will rule the world?
Art
The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
Film
No God. No Problem?: Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones”
The hope and solace provided by “The Lovely Bones” is fleeting at best–secular humanism with special effects.
Television
What is Justice?: Some Catholic Questions for Michael Sandel
Students in Michael Sandel’s class accept with studied nonchalance ethical choices at which Catholic ministry students rightly shudder.
Poetry
The Presentation: Lk 2:2232
Simeon, what you’ve been awaiting
The Word
God’s Family Reunion
Holy Family (C), Dec. 27, 2009
These Four Kings
Epiphany (C), Jan. 3, 2010
Catholic Book Club
December Selection
This is the newest installment in the publisher rsquo s ldquo Engaging Theology Catholic Perspectives rdquo series acclaimed teaching resources on theological and doctrinal subjects Paul Lakeland the Aloysius P Kelley Professor of Catholic Studies at Fairfield University and director of the
Columns
Another War President?
On Afghanistan, President Obama is retracing the Bush Doctrine.
Current Comment
Current Comment
The Gender Gap; Christmas Commerce: Original Altruism
Faith
The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
Signs Of the Times
Conflict Quickly Heats Up U.N. Climate Conference
Negotiators from small nations were outraged when an agreement was leaked that included generous emissions for industrialized nations.
Amid Rising Violence, Catholics Plan Quiet Christmas
“We shall discover the meaning of Christmas in a quiet way and hope for the return of harmony and peace,” said Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore.
How Much Are Health Execs Worth?
Thirty faith-based institutional investors are using their shareholder clout to urge 21 health companies to disclose the compensation packages for their top executives.
District Votes For Same-Sex Marriage
“As the legislation moves forward, the Archdiocese of Washington will continue its dialogue with the council,” said Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the archdiocese.
Mixed Feelings On Afghan Plan
“I think he’s making a tragic and horrible mistake,” said David Robinson, head of Pax Christi USA.
News Briefs
Christians conducted a vigil service in Bhopal, India, to remember victims and survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster.
Copenhagen Conference Produces Few Commitments
“It is inconceivable that with more than 100 world leaders gathered together in one room…they have failed to commit themselves to adequate and binding obligations,” said the secretary general of Cidse.
USCCB: Problems Remain with Senate Health Reform Bill
The Senate bill “should not move forward in its current form,” the heads of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said on Dec. 19.
A Saintly Season in Rome
Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius XII, declaring that both had lived lives of “heroic virtues.”
Bishops Committee Backs ‘Responsible Transition’
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, the chair of the committee, called for the development of “specific criteria” for troop withdrawal.
Latino Catholics Challenge, Energize Church
“The U.S. is not becoming less Catholic because the Roman Catholic Church is becoming more Hispanic,” said Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., at a Fordham University forum on “Being Latino.”
News Briefs
This year’s Vatican Christmas tree is from the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Politics
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Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts