The legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel
The council’s decree asserted that the death of Jesus was not to be blamed on all Jews collectively, eliminated the word deicide and condemned any form of anti-Semitism.
Blessed Are They: Finding happiness in the psalms
How do we find happiness? The answer to this question is very much a scriptural one, though we do not usually think of the Bible as concerned with happiness. We imagine it to be devoted to a whole different set of issues. And yet happiness—our happiness—is very much a part of what the Bi
Jesuit institutions must do more to undo racism.
How do we claim that we celebrate the fullness of human diversity if we are not passionate advocates for racial equality?
Of Many Things
The synod process is complex and messy, but it isn’t rigged
The synod process is complex and messy, but it isn’t rigged
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Tribunal ChangesRe “Family Matters, Part 2,” (Editorial, 10/5): Having discussed Pope Francis’ recent reforms to the annulment process with a former member of an archdiocesan tribunal, it seems there are three major changes, not all of which, in his opinion, are for the good.First,
Editorials
Now is the time to reform the United Nations
The global community is facing crucial turning points on issues that cannot be solved by a single nation.
Books
Vatican II: The Next 50 Years
‘A Council for the Global Church’ by Massimo Faggioli; ‘Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication’ by Barry Hudock; and ‘A Council That Will Never End’ by Paul Lakeland
Art With Heart
Corita Kent (1918–86) deserves recognition alongside her far more famous secular counterpart, the pop artist Andy Warhol. But remarkably, no one has published a comprehensive biography of the artist who was seen by some as the “rebel nun.”
Thirty Years of War
‘Ferdinand II,’ by Robert Birely, S.J.
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My Inner Zombie: Living with ‘The Walking Dead’
Living with ‘The Walking Dead’
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Scary Night Owl
It flew to the moon
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Gospel: Calling all sinners
A reflection on the Solemnity of All Saints
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3 myths about the mainstream media and the Catholic Church
Religion reporters may know more about the church than the average Catholic.
Current Comment
Current Comment
After years of negotiation, the Trans-Pacific Partnership on its way to a last review in Congress
Faith
Encountering trauma in the Bible
Encountering trauma in the Bible
Of Other Things
Communal Combat
“Show Me a Hero” gets into the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
Signs Of the Times
Dangerous Assistance in Dying
On Oct. 5 California became the fifth state to allow assisted suicide, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Assembly Bill ABx2-15 into law.
News Briefs
Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of Charleston, S.C., asked for prayers on Oct. 6 for the families of those killed or left homeless by what officials called a 1,000-year storm which deluged the state. • Church leaders in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 10 demonstrated for the withdrawal of legislation th
Inclusion, Confronting Poverty, Violence Emerge as Themes
The 318 participants attending the meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the family have raised or discussed a wide range of topics during the first four days of this gathering. Among them are the terrible, destructive impact that war, armed conflict, poverty, unemployment, persecution and violence aga
No African Bloc
Among the many dynamics at the synod, one could note the difference of perceptions between bishops from different cultures. Some Western prelates seem to be of the view that synod fathers from Africa are impeding progress on questions that are important in their region—for example, the church&
Will Bishops Consider Women Deacons?
Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec, said the Synod of Bishops on the family should reflect on the possibility of allowing female deacons as it seeks ways to open up more opportunities for women in church life. Where possible, qualified women should be given higher positions and decis
Pope Appeals for Intervention
Pope Francis made a passionate appeal to the international community to find ways to resolve the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Jerusalem and the West Bank of the Jordan, where there is “an escalation of violence” that is bringing destruction and great sufferings to the peoples living there.S
Conspiracy Theory
In a highly significant intervention at the synod on the family on Oct. 6, Pope Francis warned the synod fathers against giving in to “the hermeneutic of conspiracy”—what in English might be called “the conspiracy theory”—which, he said, “is sociologically w
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Encountering trauma in the Bible
Encountering trauma in the Bible
Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis looks to a new Cuba
“We don’t want an abrupt change that would produce a different type of gold rush: from Communism to consumerism overnight.”
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