Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options

Clear filter
Books
Common Good Sense
John A. Coleman
Michael Sandel wants us to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers.
Signs Of the Times
A Saintly Season in Rome

Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius XII, declaring that both had lived lives of "heroic virtues."

Signs Of the Times
News Briefs

This year’s Vatican Christmas tree is from the Wallonia region of Belgium.

FaithArt
The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
Gregory Waldrop
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
Editorials
A Simple Contemplation
The Editors
In these difficult times, what might the experiences of the Holy Family say to us in our world?
Faith in Focus
This Boy's Life: Lessons from a Catholic childhood
Gerald J. Schiffhorst
Lessons from a Catholic childhood
Signs Of the Times
Conflict Quickly Heats Up U.N. Climate Conference

Negotiators from small nations were outraged when an agreement was leaked that included generous emissions for industrialized nations.

Signs Of the Times
District Votes For Same-Sex Marriage

“As the legislation moves forward, the Archdiocese of Washington will continue its dialogue with the council,” said Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the archdiocese.

Signs Of the Times
Copenhagen Conference Produces Few Commitments

“It is inconceivable that with more than 100 world leaders gathered together in one room...they have failed to commit themselves to adequate and binding obligations," said the secretary general of Cidse.

Books
The Sun Rises in the East
Peter R. Beckman
Is it really inevitable that China will rule the world?
The Word
God's Family Reunion
Barbara E. Reid
Holy Family (C), Dec. 27, 2009
Signs Of the Times
Bishops Committee Backs 'Responsible Transition'

Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, the chair of the committee, called for the development of "specific criteria" for troop withdrawal.

Film
No God. No Problem?: Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones"
John P. McCarthy

The hope and solace provided by "The Lovely Bones" is fleeting at best--secular humanism with special effects.

Of Many Things
Of Many Things
James Martin, S.J.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And it's starting to bug me just a little bit.
Columns
Another War President?
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
On Afghanistan, President Obama is retracing the Bush Doctrine.
Poetry
The Presentation: Lk 2:2232
James S. Torrens, S.J.

Simeon, what you’ve been awaiting

Signs Of the Times
Amid Rising Violence, Catholics Plan Quiet Christmas

"We shall discover the meaning of Christmas in a quiet way and hope for the return of harmony and peace,” said Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore.

The Good Word
O Radiant Dawn-Gospel-12/20/09
John J. Kilgallen
One of the most enduring images of the Scriptures is light nbsp Divinity understanding love grace goodness divine presence are all symbolized by light nbsp The Radiant Dawn offers light to those who have lost their way has offered us the a way to follow that leads to peace with God and thu
The Good Word
Advent IV
John W. Martens
For the Third Sunday in Advent I reflected on the joy inherent in the Christmas promises as we look to the past present and future Then some two days later I was felled by a bacterial infection that kept me in bed for the next five days unable to do much beyond sleep take my antibiotics and dr
The Good Word
O Key of David-Gospel-12/20/09
John J. Kilgallen
This O-antiphon calls to the One who is nbsp referred nbsp to as the Key of David nbsp He is this in the sense that it is he who particularly through nbsp the death nbsp and resurrection of Jesus will open for us and for all the mighty gates of Heaven nbsp We are as Luke phrases it in darkne