A Lesson For Today?: Bishops and theologians at the Council of Trent
Bishops and theologians at the Council of Trent
Late-Night Catechism: A parish youth minister finds challenges and refreshment on the job.
A parish youth minister finds challenges and refreshment on the job.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Halloween was not always fun. To the ancient Celts, it was deadly serious.
Letters
Letters
The Dead Canary In response to Signs of the Times, “Pope Promotes ‘Unworthy’ but Open Church” (10/10): Being a voice in the world but not of the world is a tough road to follow. The church will change; even the decision not to change produces change, because the worldly conte
Editorials
Conscience in the Mud
If the U.S. wants to bring about what Augustine called the “tranquility of order,” it should first examine its own conscience.
Faith in Focus
The Art of Dying: A Christian fears suffering and loss.
A Christian fears suffering and loss.
Books
They Led the Way
At a time when religious orders in the United States are in steep decline, a dose of perspective and encouragement.
The Sisters’ Stories
Katarina Schuth reviews an oral history of women religious
Art
Imagining Jesus: Rembrandt’s haunting view of Christ
In a new exhibit of Rembrandt’s painting, the face of Jesus is hauntingly present.
Rembrandt’s Jesus: A slideshow
View a slideshow of Rembrandt’s paintings of Jesus narrated by the reviewer
Poetry
Darkness: For Mother Teresa
I am a small ugly woman
The Word
Inexhaustible Light
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Nov. 6, 2011
Catholic Book Club
October Selection
A professor of the history of Christianity the popular author and distinguished broadcaster commentator Eamon Duffy has written this slim but fascinating history mdash based on a series on BBC mdash of nbsp the ten pontiffs he deems the most influential Many of the church s powerful spiritual lea
Columns
When Catholics Vote
‘Faithful citizenship’ merits consideration, discussion and respect.
Current Comment
Current Comment
A Free Catholic Press?; The Alabama Experiment; Fighting Bias
Faith
Imagining Jesus: Rembrandt’s haunting view of Christ
In a new exhibit of Rembrandt’s painting, the face of Jesus is hauntingly present.
News
Life or Death Decisions: A view from two practitioners
A view from two practitioners
Signs Of the Times
Inner-City Funerals as Economic Indicators
Ask the Rev. Laurence Tracy about poverty in his mostly Hispanic neighborhood and he starts talking about funerals.
Progress in Burma?
Is Burma beginning to emerge from the political darkness of its recent past?
Residents of Haitian Descent ‘Stateless’ in Dominican Republic
The government stands accused of nullifying nearly 1,600 birth certificates belonging to residents of Haitian descent.
Bishop Finn Indicted
The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.
Freedom From Hunger
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life.
News Briefs
An activist on behalf of indigenous communities on Mindanao in the Philippines, the Rev. Fausto Tentorio, 59, was killed by gunfire on Oct. 17.
When Catholics Vote
As has been widely reported, on Oct. 7 a prominent Protestant minister, appearing at an event featuring Republican presidential hopefuls, called Mormonism a cult. But even before the controversy and media focus on Mormonism sparked by that remark, Gallup polls in 2011 found that 22 percent of Americ
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