Of Many Things
Protecting the least among us: The unborn
As is our annual custom, we republish excerpts from these texts here as an expression of our solidarity with the women and men who will march this month in the nation’s capital.
Letters
The Letters
Meet in the Middle Re “The 2018 America Profile,” by Matt Malone, S.J. (12/24): Candidates in the mold of Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana are definitely the smart path for Democrats. And more moderation would benefit Republicans as well. Meeting in the middle is the only logical way forward. Bryan Craig At the…
Your Take
How does your parish welcome people with disabilities?
Respondents reported a variety of accommodations for people with disabilities in their parishes, while also calling on their communities to do more to support parishioners with special needs.
Editorials
The rate of uninsured children is growing. We must stop it.
In November the Georgetown Center for Children and Families announced that the number of uninsured children in the United States went up for the first time in nearly a decade. While 7.6 million children were uninsured in 2008, by 2016 that figure had dropped to 3.6 million. But in 2017, 300,000 children lost coverage. The…
Tax incentives for Amazon? Less than prime.
The principle of subsidiarity is poorly served in these cases—when U.S. cities and states act as if they are in an economic Cold War with one another and the “arms race” of tax incentives helps only a handful of already successful private companies.
Short Take
How can we strengthen faith formation classes?
Children can flex their learning muscles and begin to talk more deeply about their faith with a more “conversational” catechesis.
Dispatches
Infographic: An alarming forecast for a world in need in 2019
Ten percent of the world’s people are still living in extreme poverty, and this year nearly 132 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection, mostly because of the effects of armed conflict.
Confronting femicide in Brazil
Ms. Morais’s death is a notorious example of an everyday horror in Brazil and other Latin American states: the crime of femicide. In 2017 at least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Who will give Asia Bibi asylum? A blasphemy case in Pakistan puts Britain in a difficult spot
Fearing reprisals from militant groups, Britain shies away from offering asylum to Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman whose death sentence for blasphemy against Islam has been thrown out by judges in Pakistan.
What will happen to Dorothy Day’s former church?
Whether the site will be developed into luxury apartments or low-income housing remains the subject of contentious debate.
As immigration denial rates increase, asylum seekers face setback at U.S. border
In the fiscal year of 2018, U.S. immigration judges denied asylum in 65 percent of cases.
Features
How an Orthodox celebration, Greek tradition and a Bayou dive led to a revelation of faith
It has taken a trip to Epiphany City for me to fully grasp that, when it comes to faith, I have barely gotten my feet wet.
The Extremely High Stakes of the China-Vatican Deal
The history is complicated. The hopes are great. The risks might be even greater.
Faith in Focus
For those thinking about suicide, prayers help—but are not enough.
When the suicide monster invades the psyche, more than kindness is required. More than toughing it out.
Ideas
The road from T. E. Lawrence’s Damascus to Syria’s civil war
Lawrence’s triumphant arrival in Damascus in 1918 might be said to have been the spark that ultimately ignited a powder keg of factional rivalries and distrust.
Books
Review: Echoes of Graham Greene in the Andes
Lynn Monahan has done a superb job of capturing the feel of Andean Latin America—the shabby metropolis of middle-class Lima, the precariousness of a bus ride up the ragged side of a mountain, the poverty and rich culture of the rural Quechua people.
Review: What life is like outside the cloister
Judith Valente explores how the Rule of Benedict offers wisdom for those of us outside the cloister.
Review: Mary Robinson channels Pope Francis and Laudato Si’ with ‘Climate Justice’
Mary Robinson argues that “to deal with climate change we must simultaneously address the underlying injustice in our world and work to eradicate poverty, exclusion, and inequality.”
Review: Silicon Valley’s unlikely founders
Adam Fisher’s oral history of Silicon Valley chronicles the genesis and sometimes fall of every tech giant, the invention of key technologies and the development of cultural institutions around the industry.
Television
Purgatory is other people on ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Forever’
What if you could improve yourself after you are dead? This appealing prospect drives two current TV comedies.
Poetry
When it Rains
My love wakes me
The Word
Jesus wants to transform us. Will we let him?
The baptism of Jesus is the first demonstration of the loving relationship that all believers will come to share with God.
What can we do to share the love of God?
Jesus’ disciples today must seek opportunities to share the divine love they have received.
Last Take
Father Thomas Keating’s parting wisdom for a divided church and country
Father Keating left us a powerful but unlikely solution to our current national crisis: centering prayer.
Faith
How an Orthodox celebration, Greek tradition and a Bayou dive led to a revelation of faith
It has taken a trip to Epiphany City for me to fully grasp that, when it comes to faith, I have barely gotten my feet wet.
Protecting the least among us: The unborn
As is our annual custom, we republish excerpts from these texts here as an expression of our solidarity with the women and men who will march this month in the nation’s capital.
How does your parish welcome people with disabilities?
Respondents reported a variety of accommodations for people with disabilities in their parishes, while also calling on their communities to do more to support parishioners with special needs.
Jesus wants to transform us. Will we let him?
The baptism of Jesus is the first demonstration of the loving relationship that all believers will come to share with God.
What can we do to share the love of God?
Jesus’ disciples today must seek opportunities to share the divine love they have received.
The Extremely High Stakes of the China-Vatican Deal
The history is complicated. The hopes are great. The risks might be even greater.
What will happen to Dorothy Day’s former church?
Whether the site will be developed into luxury apartments or low-income housing remains the subject of contentious debate.
How can we strengthen faith formation classes?
Children can flex their learning muscles and begin to talk more deeply about their faith with a more “conversational” catechesis.
Father Thomas Keating’s parting wisdom for a divided church and country
Father Keating left us a powerful but unlikely solution to our current national crisis: centering prayer.
For those thinking about suicide, prayers help—but are not enough.
When the suicide monster invades the psyche, more than kindness is required. More than toughing it out.
Magazine
The Letters
Meet in the Middle Re “The 2018 America Profile,” by Matt Malone, S.J. (12/24): Candidates in the mold of Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana are definitely the smart path for Democrats. And more moderation would benefit Republicans as well. Meeting in the middle is the only logical way forward. Bryan Craig At the…
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