Lessons in Peace: The relevance of Mozambique’s peace agreement 20 years later
The relevance of Mozambique’s peace agreement 20 years later
Defending Hyde: An abortion policy most Americans can embrace
An abortion policy most Americans can embrace
Polluting The Future: We are leaving our children a toxic world.
We are leaving our children a toxic world.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The “good sisters” provided an education never to be experienced again.
Letters
Letters
Too Right? The editorial “Obama’s Scandal” (10/22) begs for response. I am personally aware of the pressures on the editorial board—financial, civil and ecclesiastical—in this confounding election season. Nonetheless, why Guantánamo a week before the election? W
Editorials
Changing the Climate
It is time to turn our attention to how human actions influence these death-dealing events.
Books
Redemption Songs
From poet Dana Gioia, powerful meditations on loss and the redemptive power of beauty
A Woman in Full
I came to Mary C Sullivan rsquo s biography of Catherine McAuley with several entrenched assumptions about the level of interest a 19th-century Irish founder of a women rsquo s religious order could possibly inspire These assumptions were handily challenged by the narrative sweep that Sullivan map
A Media Master
From Michael Sean Winters, a biography of Jerry Falwell
The Artful Critic
Charles Dickens and the London poor
Film
An American City: Falling in love with Detroit
Falling in love with Detroit
Theater
Teenage Queen: A ‘Marie Antoinette’ for the age of Occupy
A ‘Marie Antoinette’ for the age of Occupy
Dreams Deferred: ‘Detroit’ examines relationships in troubled times.
‘Detroit’ examines relationships in troubled times.
Poetry
Ambition: For Bunny
His, at the age of six, was to be Zorro.
The Word
Living the Kingdom
The church comes to the close of the liturgical year by celebrating the solemnity of Christ the King As Blessed John Paul II once reflected this solemnity is ldquo a synthesis of the entire salvific mystery rdquo The Scriptures we use are both triumphal and paradoxical In our first reading fr
Catholic Book Club
November Selection
Life will break your heart So will Jonathan Kozol rsquo s Fire in the Ashes It is full of life mdash messy disorganized broken and tragic and yes sometimes still full of joy and mercy and grace at unexpected moments This latest account of the lives of the other Americans who peopled K
Columns
Unfinished Business
Advent is a good time for turning vague regrets into conscious acts of love.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Inhuman Warfare; No PowerPoint, Please; From Roma, With Love
Signs Of the Times
Journeys of Faith and Hope
Pope Benedict XVI chose “Migrations: pilgrimage of faith and hope” as the theme for the 2013 celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
Ceasefire Fails in Syria
More than 500 people were killed in Syria during what had been proposed as a four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
News Briefs
As Catholic Charities USA responds to victims of Hurricane Sandy, donations can be made online at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org or by calling (800) 919-9338.
Doctrinal Chief Clarifies Church’s Intent
The aim of interreligious dialogue is not to come to some sort of agreement on religious principles that everyone can accept, Vatican officials say.
The Economic Foundation for ‘Peace on Earth’
Blessed Pope John XXIII published “Peace on Earth” on April 11, 1963, in direct response to the Cuban missile crisis.
The Baltimore Agenda
Statements on preaching and ways that bishops can utuilize new technologies are among the items the U.S. bishops will consider when they gather in Baltimore for their annual meeting.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts