Of Many Things
Ideological bias cannot taint our approach to sexual abuse
Ideological bias structures much of the public discourse. But we cannot allow it to structure our ecclesial conversation.
Letters
The Letters
As a Catholic educator I agree that college is not for everyone.
Your Take
What criteria should guide college admissions?
“A kid that can do schoolwork and good grades while doing extracurricular activities can multitask.”
Editorials
The Editors: Border security will not solve the immigration crisis
The notion that asylum seekers are traveling thousands of miles to exploit a so-called loophole is absurd.
The Mueller Report’s most pressing question: Who will hold Trump accountable?
If begun, impeachment could succeed in the House, but conviction and removal from office would almost certainly fail in the Senate along partisan lines.
Short Take
A better choice than late-term abortion: perinatal hospice care
For the rare cases in which mothers consider late-term abortions to spare infants from pain, perinatal hospice programs offer a compassionate and life-affirming alternative.
Dispatches
How two Iraqi peacemakers are rebuilding community after ISIS
“We have a mission here; we have a mission with the Muslim people. Our Christian community believes in this mission, that we should be ready to stay, to take this responsibility,” no matter the risks.
Sri Lankan cardinal demands answers about security lapses after Easter bombings
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed he and other top government officials were not told about a possible threat and told local media “we must look into why adequate precautions were not taken.”
As Easter Sunday approaches, Parisians ponder the meaning of the Notre-Dame fire
The air was still thick with smoke and the ash burnt the eyes of the onlookers, who were relieved to see the cathedral still standing. For many Catholics, the coincidence of the blaze occurring at the start of Holy Week speaks of the greater mysteries of Easter.
Brazil begins pilot advisory project for the protection of minors
The advisory panels should become a means of assistance and counsel for their respective national bishops’ conferences. “The members of these groups can instruct, with their own experience, how to deal with the issue of abuse, especially when it comes to listening to victims and accompanying them.”
Features
Why Evangelical megachurches are embracing (some) Catholic traditions
Whether it is a move of the Holy Spirit toward greater unity or cultural appropriation on a massive scale, old school Catholic practices are in.
Catholic colleges are searching for new homes in the Southwest. Can they succeed?
The next few years will be critical to whether or not Catholic higher education can bloom in the desert. If it does, it may provide a vital service to a population that represents the future of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Faith in Focus
What a priest, two poets and doubting Thomas taught me about love
I think of pressing a hand or a finger into a wound in order to see, in order to believe.
Ideas
Confessions of a Creative Writing Director
Students who read literature have done so most of their lives because of beauty, not because of literary theory.
Books
Review: When movies partied like it was 1999
1999 was the year of incredible movies, both in terms of quality and quantity.
Review: Doris Kearns Goodwin on four presidential leaders
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s strength is in the way she captures the presidential scene with companionable prose that most professional historians are unable to capture.
Review: When wrath is not a sin
Outrage is the order of the day, and we see evidence of this everywhere. But Rebecca Traister wants to point out the productive power of anger as well.
Review: There is more than one way to convert to Catholicism
Many will find Sohrab Ahmari’s account of coming to faith compelling and moving, while others may find his emphasis on an authoritative church confusing or even off-putting.
Television
A dynamic and damaged power couple face off in ‘Fosse/Verdon’
These two overachievers needed each other, even or especially when they were not together.
A love letter to “Desus & Mero” from a fellow Bronxite
Along with changing how society defines what it means to be funny in 2019, the Bodega Boys have given me—and audiences outside of New York City—an opportunity to see the streets, communities, culture we know reflected in popular culture.
Poetry
Undoer of Knots
Enveloped in clouds of drapery, the Virgin perches between maimed angels
The Word
Love is the key to discipleship.
One might have expected a statement of disappointment or regret. Instead, Jesus speaks to his disciples of love.
An encounter with divine love is an encounter with God’s own self.
As the first disciples trusted in the Advocate, they found a love that gave peace to their hearts.
Last Take
How diversity in the classroom makes us better Catholics
Today, it is the rule—not the exception—that there are at least as many students of color in my classrooms as white students.
Faith
How diversity in the classroom makes us better Catholics
Today, it is the rule—not the exception—that there are at least as many students of color in my classrooms as white students.
Love is the key to discipleship.
One might have expected a statement of disappointment or regret. Instead, Jesus speaks to his disciples of love.
An encounter with divine love is an encounter with God’s own self.
As the first disciples trusted in the Advocate, they found a love that gave peace to their hearts.
Why Evangelical megachurches are embracing (some) Catholic traditions
Whether it is a move of the Holy Spirit toward greater unity or cultural appropriation on a massive scale, old school Catholic practices are in.
Ideological bias cannot taint our approach to sexual abuse
Ideological bias structures much of the public discourse. But we cannot allow it to structure our ecclesial conversation.
Catholic colleges are searching for new homes in the Southwest. Can they succeed?
The next few years will be critical to whether or not Catholic higher education can bloom in the desert. If it does, it may provide a vital service to a population that represents the future of the Catholic Church in the United States.
What a priest, two poets and doubting Thomas taught me about love
I think of pressing a hand or a finger into a wound in order to see, in order to believe.
As Easter Sunday approaches, Parisians ponder the meaning of the Notre-Dame fire
The air was still thick with smoke and the ash burnt the eyes of the onlookers, who were relieved to see the cathedral still standing. For many Catholics, the coincidence of the blaze occurring at the start of Holy Week speaks of the greater mysteries of Easter.
Brazil begins pilot advisory project for the protection of minors
The advisory panels should become a means of assistance and counsel for their respective national bishops’ conferences. “The members of these groups can instruct, with their own experience, how to deal with the issue of abuse, especially when it comes to listening to victims and accompanying them.”
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As a Catholic educator I agree that college is not for everyone.
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