Beyond the Fortnight: Emerging challenges to religious freedom in the United States
The promotion and defense of religious freedom has fast become a top priority of the Catholic Church in the United States. Threats to this fundamental right are widespread, grave and growing, both at home and abroad. The Catholic bishops of the United States are duly alarmed by this trend, and we ha
The Skulls Of Bisesero: How to commemorate the Rwandan genocide
How to commemorate the Rwandan genocide
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Change, at home and abroad, is the substance of America‘s latest issue.
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True BelieverRe “A New Thing” (Editorial, 5/27): Five years ago, I began teaching online ministry courses for Dominican University in Illinois and Ushaw College in Durham, England. Having taught in traditional classrooms for well over 30 years, I had my doubts. But no more.The heart of t
Editorials
The Surveillance State
There are few words that arouse more suspicion than “Trust us; we’re doing what’s best for you.”
Faith in Focus
Center Peace: Finding my way through a prayer labyrinth
The raucous crow of roosters announced my arrival as I pulled my car into the last available parking space. It was my first visit to the Canossian Spirituality Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and the day had started off in its usual, hectic way. I had overslept, burned breakfast, misplaced the car keys
Vantage Point
From 1964: A New Breed: There aren’t very many of them, but they’re important just the same.
A classic article on the next generation of Catholics—including priests and men and women religious—from the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley.
Books
Regarding Clive
Some Catholics have lamented that C. S. Lewis, an Anglican, never converted.
A Novelist Returns
James Salter’s first full-length novel in 30-some years
Save Yourself
Donna Freitas’s ‘The End of Sex’ explores the oppression of hookup culture.
Buy This Book: Navigating uncharted waters in 21st-century publishing
I recently traveled to the London Book Fair, and I stayed in Bloomsbury, the area in central London that over half a century ago was the heart of British publishing. Over the course of four days I visited the crisp and well-appointed London Review of Books bookshop across from the British Museum, as
The Word
Put It On My Account
The Christian relationship to the law of Moses is complicated particularly in light of what the Apostle Paul said about the law in his letters But Paul understood that the law rsquo s origin lay with God and that it was not insignificant but rather was fulfilled through Christ Jesus ldquo the ima
The Joy of Judgment
The English word crisis originates with the Greek noun krisis which is itself a derivative of the verb krin ldquo to judge rdquo A crisis is a time of decision encapsulating danger and opportunity in equal parts and the biblical eschaton the time of God rsquo s judgment is grounded upon t
Columns
The Sexual Devolution
An epidemic of bad sex appears to be flourishing among young adults.
Dad’s Enduring Lesson
The most passionate of Dad’s sacrificed pursuits was his writing.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Cuomo’s Abortion Politics; A Pope Without a Plan; Boulevard of Faith
Faith
From 1964: A New Breed: There aren’t very many of them, but they’re important just the same.
A classic article on the next generation of Catholics—including priests and men and women religious—from the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
President Obama on June 14 nominated Ken Hackett, who served for 18 years as the president of Catholic Relief Services, to be U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. • A bill introduced by the Quebec government on June 12 that redefines palliative care to include “terminal medical sedation&rdquo
Church Continues the Struggle To Save Democracy in Congo
Conflict continues in Congo today as warlords vie for control of eastern regions.
Edmund Pellegrino, Medical Ethicist
Dr. Pellegrino published 23 books on medical science, philosophy and ethics.
Bishops Warn Against Senate Changes
Three bishops weighed in on the ongoing Congressional debate on immigration reform.
Vatican Urges Job Creation
Job creation must become a key component of any United Nations plan to lift people out of poverty around the world, the Vatican’s observer to the United Nations told the International Labor Conference. Speaking during a conference session on June 12, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi said, “F
Unstable Egypt
A Jesuit priest in Alexandria harshly criticized Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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