Workers in the Vineyard: A bishop reflects on the changing voice of the laity.
A bishop reflects on the changing voice of the laity.
Will They Serve?: A new survey looks at young people’s attitudes toward ministry.
A new survey looks at young people’s attitudes toward ministry.
A Phantom Crisis: Are Catholics leaving the church in droves? Not really.
Is the Pew Report right about the exodus of Catholics from the church?
Imagining Abundance: The transformative potential of Catholic fundraising
The transformative potential of Catholic fundraising
A Closer Look
Americas series “A Closer Look” offers in-depth perspectives on important issues during the 2008 presidential campaign. Here are the articles that have appeared in the series thus far: “The True Cost of Care,” Uwe E. Reinhardt, September 8 “Five Myths About Nuclear Energy,” Kristin Shrader-Frechet
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The art of Nelson Mandela
Letters
Letters
A Modest Proposal Since America expresses such confidence in the ability of the United Nations to resolve humanitarian crises in “The Duty to Protect” (6/9), I propose that the U.N. and its entire bureaucracy be moved out of New York to Khartoum, capital city of Sudan and the location of
Editorials
Rule of Law
In the years ahead, our country must come to grips with our moral acquiescence to the politics of fear.
Faith in Focus
Christ and the Cooks: Ministry beyond liturgy for young adults
Ministry beyond liturgy for young adults
A Friend in God: To draw close to the holy, pay attention to ordinary experience.
To draw closer to God, pay attention to ordinary experience
Books
Nothing ‘New’ Here
'God and the New Atheism,' reviewed
Going Public
Cardinal Bertone on 'The Last Secret of Fatima'
Books in Brief
Redeemed A spiritual Misfit Stumbles Toward God Marginal Sanity and the Peace That Passes All By Heather King Viking 238p 24 95 A brutally honest moving and heartfelt memoir Redeemed is an account of ongoing recovery conversion to Catholicism and a journey across terrifying borders into a new
Film
We Meet Again, Dr. Jones: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
When a film takes in over $100 million in its first weekend, no one much cares what reviewers say about it. The corporate verdict is in. Negative reactions can be dismissed as “elitist,” a word that has become pivotal in presidential campaign rhetoric. Positive comments can be lamented a
The Word
Three More Parables About God’s Kingdom
Matthew 13 is a collection of Jesus rsquo parables about the kingdom of God the central theme of his preaching and other activities The third and final part of this discourse contains two short parables about buried treasure and an especially valuable pearl and one longer parable with an allego
An Enacted Parable
People in biblical times appreciated a good meal Even when food was scarce providing a meal for others was a sign of one rsquo s generosity and hospitality The sacrifices that people offered in Old Testament times at the Jerusalem temple were essentially meals with God and God rsquo s people Whe
Catholic Book Club
July Selection
Already published to widespread critical acclaim this book tells in a fresh way the story of Catholicism in the U S from colonial times to the present mdash but from the perspective of the faithful themselves James M O rsquo Toole professor of history at Boston College in his introduction to
Columns
Parsing Race and Gender: ‘Identity politics can be dangerous.’
Clinton, Obama, and the danger of identity politics
Current Comment
Current Comment
Torture and Accountability On June 23 the U.S. bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace, in conjunction with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, issued a 37-page study guide, Torture Is a Moral Issue, to help the faithful better understand Catholic teaching on torture (a
Faith
Sowing the Seeds for Ministry: Five ways to reach young Catholics
Five ways to reach out to young Catholics
News
Signs of the Times
Focolare Members Elect New President Maria Voce, a longtime close collaborator of the late Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, has been elected the new president of the movement to foster worldwide unity. Almost 500 delegates from five continents voted nearly unanimously for Voce July 7
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