Benedict XVI: Peacemaker
From 2007, Drew Christiansen, S.J., on Pope Benedict’s unexpected success as a diplomat
What Ever Happened to Ireland?
The Irish haven’t lost their faith, just their willingness to bow to church authority.
The Partial-Birth Decision: Criticism of the Supreme Court shows confusion about the role of religious values in a democratic society.
Media reaction to the recent United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the federal ban on partial-birth abortion reflected unfortunate confusion concerning the legitimate relationship between religion and political debate in American society. The case, Gonzales v. Carha
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Priest, namesake, friend–memories of Fr. Maurice Reidy
Letters
Letters
Wrestling Long and Hard
As a member of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, I want to praise Bishop Donald W. Trautman, who usefully highlights some of the challenges facing translators of the Roman Missal (How Accessible Are the New Mass Translations? 5/21). The text he discusses, the prayer over the gifts for…
Editorials
Green Renaissance
Americans have finally accepted the need for “greener” living.
Faith in Focus
Rebuilding Christs Church: Even among the rocks, we must learn to care and not to care.
As my spiritual directee described what she called “a meltdown” in talking with her husband, she sighed, “I just don’t care anymore.” Things were not going well at the parish where she is on staff. She was fatigued; her husband was not recovering well from an injury; sh
Books
Let U$ Entertain You
The two key words in the title of David Mamets new book Bambi vs Godzilla On the Nature Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business are movie and business The screenwriter and director hates the businessor what passes for business but is really the struggle for poweraspect of making movies So
Home, Along the Rahway River
As soon as I began to read the very first of these poems by John Hennessy ldquo Signing the Kills rdquo I had to get out a map of the New Jersey shore to find where the Rahway River emerges across from Staten Island and along the Arthur Kill Then I needed the dictionary to…
The Coming ‘Eurabia’?
A review of Philip Jenkins’s book on Europe and Islam
The Word
Both Mary and Martha
The Martha-and-Mary narrative also challenges us to balance practical action and contemplation.
Surprising Teachings on Prayer
Our Sunday Gospel readings this summer from Luke rsquo s journey narrative provide a framework or outline for developing a sound Christian spirituality One essential element in any variety of Christian spirituality is prayer Luke rsquo s Gospel is an excellent place to learn about biblical prayer
Columns
Big Dreams, Daily Details: ‘So what are you going to do next?’
The graduation season is finally over. All over the country young people have completed their studies and received the diplomas that, they hope, will unlock a future of their choosing. In Britain the ritual of graduation involves the donning of graduation hoods and gowns (hired at great expense for
Current Comment
Current Comment
Fools Errand?Once more it appears that the United States, Israel, Palestine and their Arab neighbors might have a chance to make progress, if not toward peace, then at least toward alleviating the oppressive effects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. The parties seriousness of commitment ab
Faith
Both Mary and Martha
The Martha-and-Mary narrative also challenges us to balance practical action and contemplation.
News
Signs of the Times
Chaldean Bishop Calls for U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq U.S. troops should withdraw and let Iraqi factions fight it out, the bishop for most Iraqi Catholics in the United States said June 19. Let the Iraqis kill each other, but let the occupying power get out, because they are not killing each other bec
Politics
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Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts