Of Many Things
There is no civil war in the Church. Jesus already won.
Who do we mean when we say “the church”?
Your Take
What should the church do to reach out to young people?
“The church should provide opportunities for young people to live out their faith in the world, not just keep it in a building during class or Mass.”
The Letters
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If anyone deserves to be a saint, it is Óscar Romero.”
Editorials
The synod reminds U.S. Catholics to listen to the global church
For U.S. Catholics, every synod is also a valuable reminder—and corrective—that it is not all about us.
The time to invest in a sustainable future is now
A fatalistic attitude is not the proper response to climate change.
Short Take
Five ways to safeguard children everywhere
The U.S. bishops’ Dallas Charter to protect minors is working. Its principles should be applied to all Americans who work with children.
Dispatches
Catholics cite God, not homilies, as reason for attending church
Compared with other Christians in the United States, Catholics are more likely to attend church to please other family members—and are significantly less likely to go because they “find the sermons valuable.” Those were among the findings of a Pew Research Center poll released in August. Pew interviewed 4,729 U.S. adults, including 844 self-identified Catholics,…
Exclusive Interview: Cardinal Wuerl on his resignation, Pope Francis’ letter and more
“What is important now is…not concentrating on myself but helping this church to get to a new place.”
Cardinal Marc Ouellet responds to Viganò charges, accuses him of blasphemy
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for bishops, writes that with “necessary permission” of Pope Francis, he now gives “my personal testimony as prefect of the congregation of bishops, about the matters regarding the emeritus archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick.”
Anglophones in Cameroon fear an increase in violence as election approaches
Thousands have fled Cameroon for Nigeria following a crackdown on protesters who say English-speaking regions have been marginalized by the nation’s French-speaking majority.
Traces of ISIS might be disappearing but the Yazidi continue to suffer
Few Yazidi families have been able to escape from temporary shelters in Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan. Their home villages have not been swept for mines and booby traps left behind when ISIS was dislodged.
Features
Will the Trump presidency lead to renewed dialogue between Catholics and Evangelicals?
Whether evangelicalism survives Donald J. Trump depends upon whether it has leaders who are able to disentangle its political witness from the dimensions of Mr. Trump’s presidency that have so clearly scandalized the Gospel witness.
Can we use public health models to cure the disease of gun violence?
From the streets of Chicago to hospital halls in the Bronx, volunteers are trying to end the national scourge of gun violence by treating it as a virus, preventing victims from becoming perpetrators.
Faith and Reason
What can the bishops do to help heal the Church?
The crises in the Catholic Church demand long-term solutions that are best addressed by gradual discernment leading to broad consensus on the part of the college of bishops.
Faith in Focus
No, there is not a “civil war” in the Catholic Church
People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.
Books
Review: New Orleans at 300
After 300 years, New Orleans remains one of our most unique—and troubled—cities.
Review: A passion for sleep
The narrator’s voice in Ottessa Moshfegh’s new novel is a subtle balance of crisp and curmudgeonly, indulging in dark comedy as a distancing, if not even a coping, mechanism.
Review: A church of stories, a story of church
Natalia Imperatori-Lee draws upon a variety of sources to develop an ecclesiology that is shaped by narratives as much as dogmatic theology.
Review: The feuding fathers of the Democratic Party
Both sons of New York, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin Roosevelt were close political allies. Until the national Democratic convention of 1932.
“Little Women”: What Louisa May Alcott’s classic can teach us about female empowerment
The various arguments around Little Women have long boiled down to: does the novel empower women, or does it oppress them?
Art
Review: Eugène Delacroix exhibit arrives for the first time in America
Following an acclaimed exhibition of the great French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix at the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened, on Sept. 17, the first full presentation of the artist ever to be held in North America.
Film
Review: In ‘Fahrenheit 11/9,’ Michael Moore asks the heartland to deliver us from Trump
“Fahrenheit 11/9” is not subtle, and it is not sympathetic to the view that what we need now is civility and centrism.
Poetry
A Father’s Heart
Let every enemy I’ve made be blessed, double;
The Word
Are you radically dependent on God?
Whatever we give—time, resources, skills, attention—the offering ought to be like the widow’s: complete, courageous and with total trust in grace.
How can our love be loyal?
Jesus drew on the biblical meaning of love, commanding unwavering loyalty to God and neighbor.
Last Take
How can the Gospel help prepare Catholic politicians running for office?
For decades, the U.S. church has gifted its public servants with the social teachings and magisterium of the church.
Faith
The synod reminds U.S. Catholics to listen to the global church
For U.S. Catholics, every synod is also a valuable reminder—and corrective—that it is not all about us.
Are you radically dependent on God?
Whatever we give—time, resources, skills, attention—the offering ought to be like the widow’s: complete, courageous and with total trust in grace.
How can our love be loyal?
Jesus drew on the biblical meaning of love, commanding unwavering loyalty to God and neighbor.
Catholics cite God, not homilies, as reason for attending church
Compared with other Christians in the United States, Catholics are more likely to attend church to please other family members—and are significantly less likely to go because they “find the sermons valuable.” Those were among the findings of a Pew Research Center poll released in August. Pew interviewed 4,729 U.S. adults, including 844 self-identified Catholics,…
What should the church do to reach out to young people?
“The church should provide opportunities for young people to live out their faith in the world, not just keep it in a building during class or Mass.”
There is no civil war in the Church. Jesus already won.
Who do we mean when we say “the church”?
Exclusive Interview: Cardinal Wuerl on his resignation, Pope Francis’ letter and more
“What is important now is…not concentrating on myself but helping this church to get to a new place.”
Cardinal Marc Ouellet responds to Viganò charges, accuses him of blasphemy
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for bishops, writes that with “necessary permission” of Pope Francis, he now gives “my personal testimony as prefect of the congregation of bishops, about the matters regarding the emeritus archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick.”
What can the bishops do to help heal the Church?
The crises in the Catholic Church demand long-term solutions that are best addressed by gradual discernment leading to broad consensus on the part of the college of bishops.
No, there is not a “civil war” in the Catholic Church
People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.
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The Letters
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If anyone deserves to be a saint, it is Óscar Romero.”
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