Gordon Zahn, Prophet of Peace
Remembering a Catholic pacifist and founder of Pax Christi USA
Iran and the Bomb: Defusing Tensions: A proposal to promote regional stability
Although the recently published National Intelligence Estimate has changed the nature of the international discussion about Irans nuclear ambition, it has not answered the question of Irans ultimate intention to acquire nuclear weapons. Whereas the intelligence estimate suggests with high probabilit
From Thames to Tiber: Tony Blair and the politics of conversion
The reception on Dec. 21 into the Catholic Church of the UKs former prime minister, Tony Blair, has echoes of Americas JFK moment, when the old ghosts of suspicion about divided allegiances (Rome or home?) were laid to rest. Yet the fact that it has happened some months after resigning as prime mini
American Catholics In the New Gilded Age
Can Catholics be a force against the economic inequities of our times?
The Conversion of Tony Blair
Heres a sneak peek at the lead story from the January 7-14 issue, on Tony Blairs journey to the Catholic Church, and why he was advised not to convert while still in office.
Foley Poetry Award: $1,000 Cash Prize
Submissions due March 31; $1,000 prize
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Love of neighbor and Christian-Muslim dialogue
Letters
Letters
Fuzzy Focus Regarding My Second First Mass (12/3): While Father Kerpers insights about priestly service are to be applauded, there is a troubling impression that readers can be left with from comparison of presiding at the extraordinary form versus the ordinary form of Mass. He writes, I actually fe
Editorials
Migration, the Larger Picture
Amid the negative rhetoric of some presidential candidates who seek to exploit the issue of undocumented immigrants, it is important to keep in mind a larger view of “people on the move.” What is happening in the United States represents just a small part of a worldwide phenomenon. A ma
Faith in Focus
At Journeys End: The last in a series for Advent and Christmas
A reflection on the Feast of the Epiphany
Books
The Heats Turned Up
In large part this book about U S -Iranian-Israeli international relations sets out to make a case for the progressive secularization of the post-revolutionary Iranian state In Treacherous Alliance Trita Parsi adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University argues cogent
God-Attentiveness
For many readers Jim Forest is inextricably connected to The Catholic Worker movement which he joined in 1961 when he was a part-time student at Hunter College and after his discharge from the U S Navy as a conscientious objector In his earlier books he has written well about Dorothy Day Thomas
Corporations Are Not Citizens
Feeling discomfort fellow citizens Do you have a mild pain in the Congress and bloating in the White House Does globalization cause belching nausea or heartburn Here 8217 s something with a very low risk of side effects 8221 So the pharmaceutical industry might try to sell Robert Reich 82
Film
Byzantium,Texas: ‘No Country for Old Men’
As a title, No Country for Old Men boasts a noble ancestry. It traces its roots through the novel by Cormac McCarthy to the opening line of William Butler Yeats’s poem “Sailing to Byzantium.” In the poem Yeats yearns to leave the ephemeral world of “whatever is begotten, born
The Word
Jesus Goes Public
The baptism of Jesus inaugurates his public ministry as an adult From Matthew 8217 s infancy narrative we have already learned that Jesus is the Messiah Son of God Son of David and King of the Jews From Matthew 8217 s description of John the Baptist we know that John was preparing the way of…
What John Saw
Johns Gospel does not include a direct account of Jesus baptism Instead it supplies the testimony or witness of John the Baptist and his reflections on who Jesus is By considering what the Baptist saw in Jesus we may see more clearly what we can hope for from Jesus In his first chapter John the
Columns
Sacred Space for Transformation: ‘The cost of living our vocation is to be fixed and rooted in the cold soil.’
According to the Swiss painter Paul Klee, the artist is like the trunk of a tree, drawing up through its roots in the unknown soil below what will bring life to the branches above: leaves, flowers and fruit, a life of which he or she knows nothing. That strikes me as a pretty apt description…
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Signs of the Times
Theater Founder Says Disability Is a Gift The life of the imagination has no physical boundaries, and people with physical disabilities can use their imagination to face lifes difficulties. That is the enduring message of Rick Curry, a Jesuit brother, and the organization he founded 30 years ago in
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