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Editorials
Politicians need to hear from the American people that they are willing to make sacrifices for the future of the nation.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness.
Faith in Focus
The spiritual exercises of a hospital chaplain
Portfolio
The exhibit “Good Friday” explores the enduring power of the image of the suffering Christ for contemporary artists.
Books
In his latest book, John W. O'Malley, S.J., serves up a hard-nosed history of so many saints and sinners.
Signs Of the Times
Mexico has been involved in a crackdown on narcotics trafficking cartels that have been fighting turf wars over smuggling routes into the U.S.
Signs Of the Times
More than 1.2 million people are in settlements, and close to 500,000 people have left Port-au-Prince for outlying regions.
In All Things
When people find out that I am a college professor one of the first questions they ask with increasing frequency and directness over the past year is ldquo Do you have tenure rdquo My answer of ldquo yes rdquo is often met by a response along the lines of ldquo you rsquo d better be grateful
In All Things
Here is Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York nbsp speaking candidly nbsp to Diana Williams of WABC-TV on her popular Sunday morning Up Close program nbsp nbsp Their wide-ranging discussion included the archbishop fielding questions on among other things nbsp whether to deny nbsp Catho
In All Things
Cambridge MA I rsquo ve told you about my seminar on Tamil love poetry most of it religious in south India In my last installment I told you of Tirumalisai Piran whose two great poems are both philosophical and religious This time I will introduce you to Antal the one female poet among the
The Good Word
The Transfiguration of Jesus is a story meant to light hope in the reader nbsp Each of the Synoptics - today we look to Luke - nbsp wants to have his Gospel speak of this extraordinary event nbsp Indeed extraordinary for there is nothing like it anywhere in the rest of Jesus public life The
In All Things
This nbsp Lent I d like to suggest not giving something up but doing something Specifically bothering In the Gospels when Jesus of Nazareth condemns people or points out sin it s usually not people who are trying hard to avoid sinning it s people who aren t bothering to love In the famous p
In All Things
The last time I heard tell of an island or institution for the criminally insane it was in a Batman comic book Wouldn t you know it the Joker was on the loose again In truth the territory of insanity and mental institutions has produced some great cinematic works over the years among
In All Things
An update from CNS on the move to delay the changes in the Mass translation begun by the article by the Rev Michael Ryan in America nbsp The story also comments on Bishop Arthur Serratelli s piece in America this week Thousands join priest s campaign to delay changes in Mass prayers WASHINGTON
In All Things
I first heard of St Josephine Bakhita during college when I saw her depicted in a stained-glass window in the main chapel on campus Intrigued by the image I read a bit about her life Born in 1869 to a wealthy family in Darfur she was kidnapped by Arab slave traders endured brutal treatment by
In All Things
Despite my early considerable fondness for Sarah Silverman the potty-mouth comedian and now star of The Sarah Silverman Show something has always irked me about her meta-humor nbsp Silverman specializes nbsp in what might be temed the mocking of the mocking of minorities nbsp nbsp You la
In All Things
I am always looking out for good Lenten spiritual reading What I look for especially are books about conversion repentance deeper prayer transformation mdash all core Lenten themes It turns out a Jesuit housemate of mine Dan Kendall S J edited recently some earlier from 1975 lost writi