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FaithArt
In a new exhibit of Rembrandt's painting, the face of Jesus is hauntingly present.
Signs Of the Times
Ask the Rev. Laurence Tracy about poverty in his mostly Hispanic neighborhood and he starts talking about funerals.
Editorials
If the U.S. wants to bring about what Augustine called the "tranquility of order," it should first examine its own conscience.
Signs Of the Times
The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.
Bishops and theologians at the Council of Trent
Signs Of the Times
As has been widely reported, on Oct. 7 a prominent Protestant minister, appearing at an event featuring Republican presidential hopefuls, called Mormonism a cult. But even before the controversy and media focus on Mormonism sparked by that remark, Gallup polls in 2011 found that 22 percent of Americ
Books
Katarina Schuth reviews an oral history of women religious
Of Many Things
Halloween was not always fun. To the ancient Celts, it was deadly serious.
Art
View a slideshow of Rembrandt's paintings of Jesus narrated by the reviewer
Signs Of the Times
Is Burma beginning to emerge from the political darkness of its recent past?
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life.
A parish youth minister finds challenges and refreshment on the job.
Catholic Book Club
A professor of the history of Christianity the popular author and distinguished broadcaster commentator Eamon Duffy has written this slim but fascinating history mdash based on a series on BBC mdash of nbsp the ten pontiffs he deems the most influential Many of the church s powerful spiritual lea
In All Things
Cambridge MA Like other readers of In All Things I am grateful to Austen Ivereigh for his eye-witness coverage of the meeting of religious leaders at Assisi the other day by a papal invitation All reports indicate that nothing sensational was said or done in the brief gathering but the fact th
In All Things
Grisly haunted houses aren t my thing but perhaps even more disturbing is the uniquely fundamentalist Christian creation of Hell House an attraction that has been described as a modern day fire and brimstone sermon Brian Kirk at Patheos describes it Instead of vampires and werewolves guests are
The Good Word
The Apostle Paul had arrived in Thessalonica only months before his first letter to the Church there was written nbsp Paul along with Barnabas and Timothy went to Thessalonica in what scholars sometimes call ldquo the 2nd Missionary journey rdquo departing from Philippi where they had begun t