The re-enchantment of the world may never be global, but perhaps it can be Catholic.
It is a good idea to share the love when someone new comes along, even if they are looking for the Poliwag, the Poliwhirl and the Poliwrath rather than the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In spite of our common progress, the country is still beset by the consequences of our original sin: lingering racial prejudice and outright bias, and deep distrust between Americans of different races and between large swaths of our citizenry and those charged with protecting and serving them.
Asylum versus ImmigrationRe “Step Up on Syrian Refugees” (Current Comment, 9/19): The editors’ comment on the Syrian refugee issue is certainly needed and welcome, but America continues to miss the important distinction between asylum and immigration. Thus the statement that &
For generations, the church has provided support for millions of Americans, regardless of religion.
"We are more comfortable with Ezra Pound the madman, because we do not want to ponder Pound the monster."
Catholics with their “sacramental imagination” might make sense of what this man meant to some of his contemporaries.