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In All Things
The archdiocese of Boston has suffered greatly since the sexual-abuse crisis surfaced in 2002 nbsp Newspapers have published dozen of articles the Boston Globe won the Pultizer Prize for Public Service in 2003 for its coverage and commentated on the repercussions orginating from a system most cal
FaithIn All Things
Ever since the Second Vatican Council spoke of the universal call to holiness, there has been a move to recognize more lay men and women as saints as models of sanctity for lay Catholics.
In All Things
This week the L A Times ran a story about the makeshift shrines to Our Lady of Guadalupe that populate Los Angeles The article is a moving testament to popular devotion and to the attempt to make everyday places into sites of contact with God These mini-grottoes have often served as focal points
In All Things
U S cities have experienced a discernible decline in the number of African Americans who call them home and leading the way out have been African American parents with small children Decades ago the Great Migration out of the poverty and discrimination they experienced in the U S south brought hi
In All Things
In the current edition of Washington Monthly Kevin Carey tells the fascinating story of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur that founded Trinity College now University in Washington D C Opened in 1900 Trinity was intended to serve women who could not attend all-male Catholic colleges and univer
In All Things
Thankless task dept nbsp Mark Shea and the Anchoress try to make sense out of the Corapi fiasco Good luck with that The bizarre events swirling around Father Corapi s spectacular fall from grace inspired despair and soul searching among some self-righteous rants among others and all-out loonin
In All Things
Imagine being hired for a job and being responsible in part for such a level of rancor and dysfunction that eventually you and your colleagues are unable to do your jobs nbsp Now imagine using this experience as justification for a big promotion Such is the case with the latest ad from GOP pres
In All Things
It is good for recognized religious insiders to perform material from their own religious tradition this is what happens at most places of worship around the world every day It is also good for those not recognizably associated with a religious identity to perform material from a religious traditi
The Good Word
The Pope has lashed out at world hunger and commodity markets which drive up the price of food for those in need nbsp This excerpt is taken from The Compass My thoughts turn toward the situation of millions of children who are the first victims of this tragedy condemned to an early death or t
In All Things
An update on the Vatican s conference on sexual abuse to be held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in February from AFP News The Vatican is turning to the Internet in its struggle against child abuse with a new website allowing clergy around the world to share information on eradicating the p
Signs Of the Times
Catholic bishops of the North and Central America cited "those searching for work, asylum-seekers, refugees and victims of human trafficking.”
A barrage of questions surrounds my first pregnancy.
Letters
The Kids Ruined Everything. In response to your editorial “How Old Is Old Enough?” (5/30): Massachusetts lowered the drinking age to 18 in the early 1970s. It was a disaster. Instead of 18- to 21-year-olds drinking moderately, they drank more and bought it for those under 18. Night clubs
Signs Of the Times
Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence against religious minorities in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, according to a new report from an Islamic research center. The study, A Question of Faith, published by the J
Signs Of the Times
Dozens of churches in Indonesia come under attack every year, and the country’s president is failing to take action to stop it, a Catholic activist says.
Signs Of the Times
The Rev. Alois Andritzki, a German priest who was killed by lethal injection at Dachau, was beatified on June 13 in a service at Dresden Cathedral.
Signs Of the Times
An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently urged the United States to maintain its role as a global leader in refugee protection.