Church Teaching and My Fathers Choice: ‘Medically ordinary’ does not always mean morally ordinary.
If I’m ever in a situation where I’m permanently unconscious and unable to eat,” says my father, “I’m begging you: Let me go. I don’t want to be kept alive by a feeding tube.” We are sitting at my parents’ table on a pleasant Sunday morning, with advan
Saved by Hope: Insights from Pope Benedict’s new encyclical.
Pope attacks the cruelty of Atheism” and Pope Replies to The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins were two of the headlines that greeted Benedict XVIs second encyclical, Saved by Hope (Spe Salvi). An Anglican bishop was more on target when he told me: I welcome this encyclical on Christian hope. Hope is
From the Pen of Alfred Delp
Here I am at the parting of the ways and I must take the other road after all. The death sentence has been passed and the atmosphere is so charged with enmity and hatred that no appeal has any hope of succeeding. So the whole proceedings turned into a sort of comedy developing a theme.…
Hipster Orthodoxy: The rock ‘n roll theology of Craig Finn & The Hold Steady
The rock ‘n roll theology of The Hold Steady
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Two notable books from 90-year old Jesuits
Letters
Letters
Faithful Citizens “A Future Without Parish Schools,” by Terry Golway, (12/10) raises a crucially important issue for the future of catechesis in the Catholic Church in the United States. Catholic parish schools have been an extremely important factor in providing for the catechesis of Ca
Editorials
A Time for Unconventional Wisdom
The political news from Iowa and New Hampshire has undercut the conventional wisdom about our present political culture. The surprisingly decisive victory in Iowa of Barack Obama, an African-American candidate campaigning in a predominantly white state, damaged the image of Hillary Clinton as the in
Features
A Jesuit Martyr to the Nazis: Hitler wanted Alfred Delp forgotten, but his way of resistance still inspires.
The faithful witness of Alfred Delp, S.J.
Faith in Focus
Boston’s Labor Priest: Remembering Edward F. Boyle
Last November, leaders in Bostons labor-management community gathered for the annual Cushing-Gavin Awards dinner. The neutral award went to Edward Boyle, S.J., a priest who for the past 37 years served as executive secretary of the archdioceses 1,200-member Labor Guild. Boyle died of cancer on Nov.
Books
Norms, Reforms
At the height of the sexual abuse crisis in Boston Cardinal Bernard Law claimed that canon law had prevented him from taking action to protect victims Victims responded Canon law was irrelevant to us Children were being abused Sexual predators were being protected The Boston Globe July 7 200
Ever Ancient, Ever New
Elizabeth Johnson 8217 s theological talent has flourished in many ways much to the benefit of the academy and the church She is one of the co-creators of a modern theological genre feminist theology and her contributions to this genre one of the most exciting developments in the history of th
Remembering Anna
Mary Gordon's 'Circling My Mother,' reviewed
Poetry
St. Vincent
The best way to know God is to love many things.
The Word
The Light of Hope
Why did Peter and Andrew James and John follow Jesus According to Matthews narrative and Marks these four fishermen had no prior knowledge of Jesus While they were at work in Capernaum one day Jesus came along and said Follow me and they did Answering Jesus call meant leaving behind their
A Christian Essential
Hope is essential to human existence We have personal hopesfor good health success in our undertakings and happiness in our lives We have communal hopesfor seasonable and tranquil weather peace among nations and progress in human welfare justice education medicine and so on Some hopes may b
Catholic Book Club
January Selection
This is the newest installment in the distinguished multivolume Scripture series published by the Benedictine monks of Saint John rsquo s Abbey and University in Minnesota We have brought you news in recent years of the other volumes mdash which include Gospel and Acts Prophets and Psalms mdash a
Columns
Dynasties: ‘The phenomenon is not just about two ambitious families, but about a political culture.’
With good reason, guardians of republican virtue are sounding alarms over the prospect of another Clinton presidency. Should Hillary Clinton return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2009, this time as the principal tenant, and should she receive an extension on that lease, the Clinton and Bush families
Current Comment
Current Comment
Violence in Kenya & Pakistan, the Olympics comes to Beijing
Faith
A Jesuit Martyr to the Nazis: Hitler wanted Alfred Delp forgotten, but his way of resistance still inspires.
The faithful witness of Alfred Delp, S.J.
News
Signs of the Times
Pope Addresses Diplomats Addressing diplomats from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI warned that numerous armed conflicts and social disorders have left global stability in a fragile situation. The pope said Jan. 7, that the latest attack on Christian churches in Iraq reflects a continuing climate
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