Catholics As Citizens: Today’s ethical challenges call for new moral thinking.
Today’s ethical challenges call for new moral thinking.
The Call of the Catholic Citizen: Theologians and other scholars respond to Cathleen Kaveny
In her article “Catholics as Citizens” (11/1), M. Cathleen Kaveny calls for new moral thinking to address the complex ethical dilemmas facing Catholics today. Kaveny argues that the moral theological category of “cooperation with evil” is insufficient to address questions such as whether Catholics can vote for a pro-choice politician or shop in…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Any honest observer would have to admit our popular culture is Epicurean.
Letters
Letters
Do It My Way I write to suggest a better way to eliminate poverty than that proposed by your editorial “Robbing Peter to Pay” (9/27). It’s time to change fundamentally the way our society approaches poverty. We should lobby Congress to rewrite the tax code so that tax money used fo
Editorials
A Woman Dies
Teresa Lewis was the first woman to be put to death in Virginia in almost a century.
Books
Sins of the Father
The collected confabulations of Gunter Grass and his children
Southern Exodus
The story of the mass migration of six million African Americans
Mary Oliver’s Good News
Mary Oliver reminds us of the mystery and necessity of poetry.
Peter’s Principles
Michael Cunningham’s story of one man’s struggle for perpetual youth and beauty
Teen Spirit
A theological interpretation of recent surveys of youth and religion
Tumult and Transformation
According to Mark Massa, the American Catholic revolution is still unfolding.
Film
Ghost Stories: The vacuous theology of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’
The vacuous theology of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’
Un-Friendly: David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’
Ultimately ‘The Social Network’ is not really about the founding of Facebook.
The Word
Angelic Legacy
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Nov. 7, 2010
Columns
Voting Angry
Two years of opportunities have been lost, avoiding the essential and pursuing the trivial.
Current Comment
Current Comment
‘God Has Never Left Us’; The Bronx Eleven’; Voting Rights for All
Signs Of the Times
Interfaith Efforts Build Bridges for Peace
“We believe that interfaith strategies can help solve many of the world’s biggest problems,” Miguel H. Diaz, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
C.E.O. Denies Reform Forces Hospital Sale
“The rationale for our initiative has been severely distorted by some special-interest groups,” Kevin Cook said.
Shots Fired at Honduran Cardinal
A bullet fragment was found in an office belonging to Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
Archbishop Pleas For Disarmament
“Policies promoting disarmament and arms control reflect an idea of order which the people of the world desire,” said Archbishop Francis Chullikatt.
Charitable Giving Down in 2009
Giving to the 400 largest charities in the United States was down 11 percent overall in 2009.
News Briefs
Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem marked a milestone on Oct. 18 with the birth of its 50,000th baby since 1990.
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