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The Word
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Sept. 19, 2010
Signs Of the Times
As France continues its campaign to expel foreign-born Roma, Pope Benedict XVI called on Aug. 22 for greater acceptance of cultural differences and urged parents to teach their children “universal fraternity.”
Letters
Relax, They Won’t Hurt I have just perused the changes referred to in “Musicians Prepare for Coming Changes in Mass Text” (8/2). They are very minor. They seem to reflect a return to translations that older members might remember from the joint Latin-English missals. In this respec
Signs Of the Times
The California Catholic bishops’ conference alerts parents of public school children of ways to “opt out” of classes that contradict their family’s values.
In All Things
A good film speaks to the depths of the human condition eliciting joy sorrow empathy disgust euphoria hope sadness angst or love It is the rare exceptional film that causes the viewer to experience more than only a couple of these emotions within the span of a two hours though often we c
The Good Word
Some of you might be aware of SNL rsquo s Really With Seth and Amy in which they express their incredulity with the fantastic incredible and implausible nature of current events nbsp Let rsquo s imagine for a moment that there was an ancient Jewish version of this given in the town square of
In All Things
For the anniversary of Sept 11 2001 some memories of the time Two days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center I made my way to one of the emergency trauma centers in Manhattan It had been hastily set up in a cavernous sports facility called Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River I h
In All Things
Yesterday afternoon Planet Money deemed the widespread comment these days that Sovereign credit spreads in Europe are widening the scariest boring phrase nbsp in finance A credit spread is the difference between the interest rate on credit for the best economies and worst nbsp A widening cred
In All Things
Coincidences occur when reading thinking and writing Several weeks ago my fellow Jim Keane S J launched a discussion on what history would have been like if John F Kennedy had not been elected president For several years I rsquo ve begun to read an occasional book from the genre of alternativ
In All Things
This year world-wide celebrations commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci the remarkable Italian Jesuit pioneer of cross-cultural understanding who opened China to the west and vice versa Ricci and the early Jesuit missionaries fostered a notion of salvific globalization
In All Things
Here is our latest offering from Mirada Global an analysis of politics in Mexico on the anniversary of the country s founding Due to its deeply conservative nature the Mexican government is unable to face the Independence and the Revolution that marked the history of this country Questioned beca
The Good Word
Bishop Blase J Cupich a friend and contributor to America was installed last week as the sixth bishop of Spokane Washington Here we are happy to reprint his homily from that occasion The installation Mass took place on Friday September 3 the feast of St Gregory the Great The late Father Dav
In All Things
One of the hardest lessons of the Great Recession has been accepting the fact that one need not have done anything imprudent excessive or unlawful to find oneself a victim of it anyway If you did not let your credit card debt mount precariously or take out a mortgage beyond your means or connive
The Good Word
This is the second in the series What is the Good Word Here is how I learned the number of books in the Bible there are 39 in the Old Testament if you multiply 3 x 9 you get 27 which is the number of books in the New Testament when you add the two together you get 66 which is the number of
In All Things
In Lyons France an impish figure is causing a rift between a conservative Christian group on one side and the rector of the Catholic Cathedral on the other According to France 24 a stonemason working on the renovation fashioned a gargoyle after his friend and longtime construction manager Ahmed
In All Things
In our current issue Archbishop Timothy M Dolan calls upon all Catholics to recommit themselves to the mission of Catholic education The truth is that the entire parish the whole diocese and the universal church benefit from Catholic schools in ways that keep communities strong Archbishop Dola
In All Things
Religious leaders around the country are stepping forward to denounce acts of anti-Islamic bigotry emerging in the wake of the heated debate around the Park51 Islamic center proposed for lower Manhattan In a joint statement released at the National Press Club September 7 national religious figures
In All Things
Perhaps we cloud this topic with euphemisms--but many a boy or growing young man who is poor at sports faces hurdles of bias loneliness and rejection Despite many ways of compensating intellectual musical artistic poor athletic coordination keeps many boys and young men alienated from their