Soft Power and Hope: Mary Ann Glendon on the art of diplomacy
Mary Ann Glendon talks about the art of diplomacy
Maestro of Joy: Olivier Messiaen at 100
The composer Olivier Messiaen sought to communicate the mystery of Christ to nonbelievers.
Defending Community Organizers: Don’t be misled about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Don’t be misled about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Why Barack Obama's win made me think of the Magnificat.
Letters
Letters
Opportunity Missed As a religion teacher and a head coach at a Jesuit high school (and an amateur athlete myself), I was excited to receive the Oct. 20 issue with the cover photo and headline “The Soul of Sports.” Unfor-tunately, I was disappointed by what I found inside. None of the art
Editorials
Mr. Obama’s Promise
Barack Obama’s election affords our country a chance to reverse its dismal standing in the world.
Books
Fighting the Lord’s Fight
A forgotten prelate gets his due
Singed, Smashed, Shredded…
A history of the destruction of books, reviewed
Life Eternal?
The Portugese writer Jos eacute Saramago received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998 in part for novelistic fables that powerfully critique social institutions and human failings Now 86 years old Saramago has based his latest novel Death With Interruptions on the extraordinary premise that
The Word
The Expectant Months
First Sunday of Advent (B), Nov. 30, 2008
Catholic Book Club
November Selection
Over the course of history great world faiths have at times been reduced to a handful of adherents notes religion scholar Philip Jenkins in his new book ldquo Christianity too has on several occasions been destroyed in regions where it once flourished rdquo And its decline in such a large sw
Columns
In the Frame: ‘We all inherit a particular window on God and eternity.’
'We all inherit a particular window on God and eternity.'
Current Comment
Current Comment
Giving Thanks: 2008, The New Media Presidency
News
Signs of the Times
Pope Pius XII’s Contributions ‘Overlooked’ Pope Pius XII and his teachings represent for the church an “exceptional gift for which we must all be grateful,” said Pope Benedict XVI during an audience on Nov. 8 with participants of a congress titled “The Heritage of
Portfolio
Of Clowns And Christian Conscience: The art of Georges Rouault
Georges Rouault's art draws our attention to the spiritual dimension of human experience
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