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Books
Garry Wills on Ambrose, Augustine, and the mystery of Baptism
A Protestant historian recalls Vatican II.
Signs Of the Times
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Germany called for a “social market economy” in the wake of the fiscal crisis that has gripped much of Europe.
The Vatican's assessment of the L.C.W.R. offers an opportunity for discernment and collaboration.
Letters
A Children’s Crusade Re “Grading the Missal” (5/28): My fear is that the ancient rule “Lex orandi, lex credendi” (the rule of prayer is the rule of faith) will prove all too true, and we will begin to imagine and relate to the formal, distant deity enshrined in our litu
Signs Of the Times
Many of Egypt’s Christians said they would support candidates who served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak,
Signs Of the Times
Catholic leaders from some of the world’s worst conflict zones gathered in Rome on May 29 and 30 to discuss ways to make peace.
Christine Firer Hinze on the Vatican, U.S. sisters and the L.C.W.R.
Editorials
The increased accuracy of at-home tests for gender selection could have grave consequences.
In All Things
Written somewhere over the Atlantic on the way home to Boston from London - after 3 weeks of travels Let me sketch for you a little overview of my travels so as to draw from the experience a more general conclusion mdash one nbsp that ties in very well I think with the Sunday Gospel for Jun
In All Things
Young undocumented immigrants received some much welcomed news from the White House today where President Obama announced changes to federal immigration policy that would grant them work permits and lessen the fear of deportation From the New York Times His policy directive which Latinos and ot
In All Things
Here is a slideshow of some beautiful photos from the Jesuit Ordination Mass which was celebrated nbsp at Fordham University Chapel last weekend nbsp His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan ordained three Jesuits in the presence of over 240 concelebrants not to mention the ordinands brother Jesuits
In All Things
Update I asked Brother DeThomasis through his publishers whether he was worried about the Vatican s response to his book particularly since he is nbsp speaking against the official teaching on women s ordination He replied Of course given the recent punitive actions by some Church prelates
In All Things
Despite efforts by Beijing to pass quietly through the June anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the state of human rights in China became a scorching subject on the internet as photos of an exhausted woman and her aborted baby went viral as did suspicions about the recent alleged suic
FaithIn All Things
We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.
In All Things
I had occasion recently to read two books by Donal Dorr almost back to back One is a new edition widely revised and updated of his classic 1982 text Option for the Poor The second was a book entitled Spirituality Our Deepest Heart s Desire The Columba Press 2008 The two prompted me to t
In All Things
Of course as someone who has written on the Old Testament particularly the Prophets Daniel Berrigan S J nbsp age 92 the Jesuit priest poet and peace activist understands the centrality of the original Ten Commandments nbsp But thanks to Jim Forest himself an apostle of social justice fo