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FaithThe Word
The Gospel today shows us in parable form what the “greed that is idolatry” looks like.
Books
Henry Luce defined the print media model that dominated for most of the last century.
Letters
Correct but Uncertain Re “Uninformed Conscience,” by John F. Kavanaugh, S.J. (6/ 21): The author says, quoting Aquinas, that conscience may be certain but not correct. It strikes me that conscience can also be correct but not certain! This dilemma is caused by the convergence of moral ob
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.
Signs Of the Times
Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.
Signs Of the Times
Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast.
Signs Of the Times
More than 400 people packed the chapel of a La Salle Brothers' school near downtown Lima, Peru for a July 8 vigil in support of British Brother Paul McAuley, who has been threatened with expulsion from the country.
In All Things
The key to changing minds and converting hearts is better access to information right nbsp Wouldn t everyone think just like me us if they weren t just so ignorant of the relevant data This interesting essay by Joe Keohane in the Boston Globe from July 11 suggests that the reverse is often the c
In All Things
I rsquo ve been brooding since Ross Douthat named so well the anxiety that many have felt throughout the year that the Catholic Church rsquo s credibility has reached a historically significant tipping point See the discussion at Peter Steinfel s blog at Commonweal As I watched the media storm r
In All Things
Until this summer rsquo s vacation I had never been to Chamonix a thin strip of a town in France rsquo s Savoy region that straddles a narrow river valley between the highest peaks in the Alps Chamonix is home to Europe rsquo s highest point mdash Mont Blanc Though for some reason I had expected
In All Things
From a U S C C B press release WASHINGTON mdash Archbishop Donald W Wuerl of Washington Chairman of the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB responded to a clarification from the Vatican that raised the attempted ordination of a women to a ldquo mor
In All Things
Long flights of massive stone steps that grace buildings of an earlier era ndash they offer opportunities for viewing the world below on city streets and sidewalks Several such flights stand out in cities like New York Their upper reaches provide not only a place to rest and perhaps enjoy a brown
In All Things
They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters These see the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep Psalm 107 nbsp Reality television usually contains little that is real nbsp For some years ldquo The Real World rdquo the progenitor of many American
In All Things
The vuvuzelas have finally quietened writes David Holdcroft SJ the regional director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Southern Africa and former director in South Africa in Eureka Street today 64 games three million spectators one million visitors and 40 billion rand A 6 billion later t
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh has already weighed in below on the new Vatican norms on sexual abuse pornography and the attempted ordination of women nbsp nbsp This morning in a nbsp media advisory announcing two press conferences the USCCB summed up the two features of the revisions nbsp bound to be th
In All Things
Among the 17 modifications to its canonical norms dealing with grave crimes gravioribus delictis against the sacraments announced today the Vatican has extended the time allowed for a case against a priest for sexual abuse from 10 to 20 years from a victim s 18th birthday and has speeded the pr
In All Things
Marlborough MA I was invited to speak last evening at an appearance in one of the Boston suburbs of the famous modern Indian teacher Mata Amritanandamayi literally ldquo the mother rdquo ldquo the one entirely composed of bliss in the imperishable rdquo mdash Amma mother who tours the
In All Things
As I read this morning rsquo s newspaper I was taken aback by a question that applies to two very different criminal cases Just what is a speedy trial today And what does that constitutional guarantee mean to those of us who depend on it nbsp The first story concerns Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani wh
In All Things
Certainly America and in large part the profession of psychology advocates for fair treatment and equal opportunity for women in the Church and society But even despite laws and efforts of many people of goodwill inequities exist The 20th century was replete with movements across the globe to f