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In All Things
As a general rule if you find yourself in disagreement with the Wall Street Journal rsquo s editorial page you are on the right path Yesterday they published an article by Scott Gottlieb attacking the proposed public option as part of the reform of the health care system He warns that the publ
In All Things
Roxana Saberi was released today from Evin prison in Tehran where she has been held since January on what the U S State Department has called ldquo baseless rdquo charges of spying for the United States government Sentenced in April to eight years in prison by Iran rsquo s Revolutionary Court
The Good Word
In the first reading from Acts of the Apostles Peter mdash interpreting his experience with Gentile Cornelius and the extraordinary vision of the sheet of unclean animals mdash announces ldquo Truly I see that God shows no partiality nbsp Rather in every nation whoever fears God and acts uprigh
In All Things
Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s address at the al-Husseini Mosque in Amman Jordan is the best signal we have had since the dialogues that followed ldquo Common Word rdquo initiative 2007-08 of the Holy Father rsquo s attitude toward Islam In a speech to Islamic religious leaders diplomats and educ
In All Things
Readers will know where I stand on the controversy surrounding the University of Notre Dame s decision to award President Obama an honorary degree next Sunday at their commencement But I have to tip my hat to Rick Garnett a law professor at Notre Dame who takes the opposite position in today s U
In All Things
There is a time and a place for coming together and a time and a place for separation and distinguishing We American generally applaud the separation of Church and State for example even though we collectively turn our thoughts heavenward on Thanksgiving Day This weekend the walls in our culture
Signs Of the Times
The Vatican newspaper, LOsservatore Romano, editorialized that President Barack Obama has operated in most areas with more caution than predicted.
One Jesuit school's comprehensive approach to education
Signs Of the Times
A rebel force fighting the Sri Lankan government is refusing to let noncombatants leave the combat zone.
Letters
Some, But Not All A correspondent in a recent issue (Letters, 4/20) wrote that “it is a great pity that the American bishops do not choose to lead by recognizing the complexity of the issue on which they are called to teach, and then teaching in a way that produces more light and less heat.&rd
Art
The Easter hope of Maurice Denis's 'Three Marys'
Of Many Things
Expectations are low for the pope's visit to the Holy Land, but I am ready to be surprised.
Columns
'Catholic leaders face challenges their predecessors could not fathom.'
Books
Many authors have addressed the tricky subject of forgiveness The 2007 book Amish Grace How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy offered a particularly insightful account of how the Amish forgave the gunman who shot 10 schoolgirls in Nickel Mines Pa Now Paula Huston has written a worthy addition to t
Signs Of the Times
After years of underrepresentation, African-American Catholics have apparently regained a proportional representation among those being ordained.
What's missing in the debate on education
Signs Of the Times
Leading human rights advocates, led by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, have written an open letter calling on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate action to prevent atrocities in Sri Lanka. A rebel force fighting the Sri Lankan government, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E
Recent storms sighted above the Hilltop and the Golden Dome remind us that the Catholic academic community is not living through a time of political serenity, but has a continuing ability to draw lightning strikes from the media, from theological vigilantes and from concerned bishops. How are the moral and religious commitments of the Catholic community to be understood and lived in a pluralistic world where the church itself is subject to alien pressure and hostile scrutiny and where it is experiencing painful internal divisions? Does the recent significant change in the American political landscape point to significant changes in the way the Catholic church and its institutions and its members relate to the American political system? More specifically, how should Catholics respond to the Obama administration?