How to Keep Our Heads Amid the Craziness: Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections
Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections
In the Beginning: How the work of Christian unity got started
How the work of Christian unity got started
Why Not Women? A bishop makes a case for expanding the diaconate.
The ordination of women to the diaconate is separate from the question of the ordination of women to the priesthood.
A Change of Season: The first turning point of Vatican II
The first turning point of Vatican II
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
It is all to easy for me to view the world as something I’m fighting against rather than rooting for.
Letters
Letters
What Catholics Do Best Re “Faith by Heart,” by David Impastato (9/10): While I am in full support of more catechesis and evangelization, there is no evidence that rote memorization will lead to greater retention of young Catholics. In fact, the Catholic Church actually has a greater rete
Editorials
The Real Fraud
Voter reform efforts should bolster, not restrict, democratic participation.
Faith in Focus
Into the Future: Accepting a religious vocation in uncertain times
Accepting a religious vocation in uncertain times
Books
Learning as He Goes
An Episcopal priest analyzes Obama’s first term.
Overextended Nation
A reasoned work of interpretive journalism from Rachel Maddow
After Dallas
Robert Caro’s biography of Lyndon Johnson is a profound analysis of Lord Acton’s 1887 maxim: power corrupts.
We the Person
E. J. Dionne argues that the nation is experiencing a historic loss of balance that needs to be restored.
Theater
Irish Exports: Tom Murphy’s plays of emigration
Tom Murphy’s plays of emigration
The Word
It’s Complicated
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Oct. 7, 2012
Columns
The Home Stretch
Neither campaign has passed the 'smell test' for truthfulness.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Out, Damned Spot!; Bishops' Accountability; Primary Colors
Signs Of the Times
Nicaragua Ends U.S. Military Training
Nicaragua can now be added to the list of countries that no longer send soldiers for training to a U.S. Army school in Georgia.
Contraception Mandate Challenged
The Missouri Legislature voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill meant to prevent employers or health insurance providers from being compelled to provide coverage for contraception, abortion or sterilization.
Vatican Hires Financial Crime Watchdog
In an effort to comply more fully with international standards against financial criminal activity, the Vatican has hired an outside expert.
News Briefs
As Caritas Pakistan workers entered the worst-hit areas in that country to assess damage, government officials reported that monsoon rains have devastated communities, claiming at least 78 lives.
Loss of Life in Libya Illustrates Mortal Risks
Reality intruded darkly on a symposium on religious liberty in Washington when news alerts reported the killing of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
Candidates Speak Out—Finally
It is an ongoing criticism this election season that the problem of poverty in the United States is not being addressed by either campaign.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts