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What the 'Protector of the Indians' found in America
Letters
Time to Draw the Curtain I admit to a certain wistfulness on the part of those of us old enough to remember photos like the one on the cover of the Oct. 8 issue showing Good Pope John. I felt I was in a time warp, again viewing this scene, replete with the copes and a retinue of clerics that charac
Signs Of the Times
By traveling to Guantánamo Bay, the family members had a unique opportunity to face personally the men accused of murdering their loved ones.
Signs Of the Times
A papal delegation of bishops, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will travel to the capital of war-torn Syria in late October.
The Word
Have you ever wondered what the Bible meant by scribe Minimally scribes were educated people who read and wrote for a living Scribes could be hired by illiterate people the vast majority for legal and financial matters More typically scribes were also experts in Torah the Mosaic law and th
Signs Of the Times
Jacques Berthieu, a French Jesuit (1838–96) and missionary in Madagascar, was canonized in Rome on Oct. 21 together with six other blessed.
Books
There are as many ways to pray as there are people who pray.
In All Things
Some Catholic thinkers leaders and even bishops have seemingly implied that voting for former Governor Mitt Romney is the only viable option for Catholic voters of good conscience But is it this true When Catholics go to the polls there is simply never a perfect choice As has long been the cas
In All Things
In this weekend s New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay introduces readers to jookin If you are not familiar with this form of urban dancing performance art it is well worth checking out Macaulay s article is nbsp here And here is jookin master Lil Buck with Yo-Yo Ma performing The Sw
In All Things
Cambridge MA The semester is rolling along Harvard a particularly busy university has a constant flow of speakers and events In my small corner of the university the Divinity School and more specifically the Center for the Study of World Religions we have had some very interesting speakers
In All Things
The University of San Diego a Catholic institution has rescinded an invitation to a British theologian due to pressure from conservative Catholic groups including the Cardinal Newman Society From Inside Higher Ed The University of San Diego has rescinded an invitation to a British theologian w
In All Things
This is the time of year when Catholics are trying to inform their consciences as our bishops recommend in Faithful Citizenship before they cast their votes There is a lot of stuff out there but one piece that particularly helped me is America Undecided Catholic Independent amp Social Justic
In All Things
With the election just days away Catholics are beginning to voice their closing arguments for candidates and causes A group of Catholics in Maine are voicing support for a same-sex marriage ballot measure in a year when the dioceses in that state are sitting this round out after a bitter contest
In All Things
As this is written schools are still closed subways are still largely sealed thousands of New York and New Jersey citizens have had their homes damaged demolished or washed away To some the real question is What effect will the storm have on the election Much of the turf that has been swam
The Good Word
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once made an observation that I rsquo ve often repeated in seemingly endless contexts a picture can hold you captive He meant that how we envision a thing can either limit or expand our understanding of it Take for instance your body Before you begin to co
In All Things
Our friends at The Jesuit Post are running a photo contest nbsp inviting people to submit photos that illustrate the elusive Jesuit Ignatian nbsp term magis which means the more the better the greater for God nbsp Their headline asks What if St Ignatius had a smartphone nbsp That got me
In All Things
Powerful op-ed in today s Times making the case against assisted suicide laws like the one on the ballot in Massachusetts I was born with a congenital neuromuscular weakness called spinal muscular atrophy I rsquo ve never walked or stood or had much use of my hands Roughly half the babies who
The Good Word
A few weeks ago an unexpected email arrived leading to the smallest yet most treasured of discoveries It was akin to receiving an update from heaven specifically news of my father Not long ago I wrote a piece on scouting and Rich Meyer also a former member of Boy Scout Troop 153 saw the