Church Records and the Courts: Recent court rulings undermine the churchs promise of confidentiality.
Recent court rulings have undermined the church's promise of confidentiality.
Comfort the Sorrowful: Parents of abuse victims in Boston support each other.
Five years ago, the scandal of sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy shook the Catholic Church in Boston and spread to other Catholic centers in the United States. In the interim much has been said and written: accusations and counteraccusations, expressions of outrage, prolonged litigat
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Moving Mom to a nursing home was a difficult choice.
Letters
Letters
Happiness Is a Warm Puppy I agree with Patricia Kossmanns Of Many Things column (10/1). When my mom and I both found ourselves widows, we moved in together and adopted a shelter dog. It was one of the best decisions we ever made. It had been half a century since wed had a dog, but…
Editorials
Amnesty and Abortion
It was both upsetting and perplexing to learn that Amnesty International has decided to support a right to abortion as part of its worldwide campaign to stop violence against women. How can an organization dedicated to the protection of human rights oppose the right to life of unborn children? The V
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Its in the Mail E-mail is a wonderful thing. Quick and easy to use, its an economical, paperless way to communicate with friends, family and colleagues. Who today would choose snail mail over the efficiency and speed of a T-1 line? E-mail is a terrible thing. Far too quick and easy to use, it can…
Faith in Focus
Like a Cedar of Lebanon: Meeting the monk within
What I learned from my uncle, the monk
Just a Little More Faith: When Sam Rockwell Played Judas Iscariot
“I wasn’t raised religious and I don’t know anything about religion,” he said in 2004.
My Confirmation blunder: A look back at a special day
It was not until I was confirmed, at about age 10, that I got a chance to pick a name for myself—a second name, but still a name that, unlike my baptismal name, was my choice. Confirmation was another one of those “when I call your name, march quietly up to the front of the…
Books
Burgeoning Global Threat
This book has convinced me that just about any country on earth can have nuclear weapons if it wants them My conclusion from reading The Atomic Bazaar is that it is still possible to stop or impede any particular program but the general process of nuclear proliferation is now so advanced that it i
Our Highest Priority
In an essay in Foreign Affairs January February 2007 Tony Blair argued not unpersuasively that in the war against global extremism w e chose values instead of security as our battleground By values he meant democratic values W henever countries are in the process of democratic development
Go Back to the Common Good
In many ways the subtitle captures the expansive scope of this highly original intriguing and challenging book much better than the more pedestrian sounding the vocation of business John M daille a real-estate broker who also teaches at the University of Dallas deftly employs Catholic social t
Poetry
The Boat House: (after reading a biography of Dylan Thomas)
Before the ten oclock bar call;
The Word
Today
Today is a recurrent and important word in Lukes Gospel From Jesus inaugural discourse in the synagogue at Nazareth to his death resurrection and ascension today marks the time of Jesus ministry as a special time the center between the times of Israel and of the church a time when all the energ
Columns
Inevitability: Twenty-eight year of two families in the White House?
What kind of moral stance, what course of action can you take, when you seem to face a dreaded in-evitability? I have encountered this quandary with respect to individuals heading off an ethical cliff. I see it in the absolute refusal to acknowledge that Americans might have to cut back on consumpti
Faith
Holy Men and Women: Why we need diverse models of discipleship.
Saints are tests of our willingness to be thoroughly converted.
My Confirmation blunder: A look back at a special day
It was not until I was confirmed, at about age 10, that I got a chance to pick a name for myself—a second name, but still a name that, unlike my baptismal name, was my choice. Confirmation was another one of those “when I call your name, march quietly up to the front of the…
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Signs of the Times
Catholics, Orthodox Complete Text on Church Authority Despite the absence of Russian Orthodox representatives, the international Catholic-Orthodox theological commission finished work on a document about church structure and authority. In a statement issued at the end of the Oct. 8-14 meeting in Rav
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