Lessons in Mercy: Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Liberia’s Trials: The challenge of forging a lasting peace
The challenge of forging a lasting peace
Soulful Leadership: Desmond Tutu’s quest for unity
Desmond Tutu’s quest for unity
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
May presents us with many celebratory occasions.
Letters
Letters
Amazing Grace Thanks to Frank Moan, S.J., for his reflections on prayer (“Finally, God’s Voice,” 2/9). It takes courage to punch through the veneers of doctrine and dogma and arrive at a place and time that is infused with God. Moan speaks to the sterility of words that can so easi
Editorials
A Modest Proposal
Silence and fervent prayer are no longer adequate responses to the priest shortage in the United States.
Books
In Divine Company
Sister Marilyn Lacey rsquo s account of her journey to and through the experience of working with refugees can be read first of all as an adventure story It is her own adventure but also that of the many refugees she meets told with a simple directness that engages the reader from the outset Li
A Rocky Start
Professor William Goetzmann has had a long and distinguished career at Yale University and the University of Texas Austin going all the way back to 1966 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for Exploration and Empire The score of books he has written or co-authored have concentrated on the American We
Loves Proof
For nearly 50 years Mary Oliver has been falling in love with the world and writing poems that invite readers to fall in love right along with her Evidence the Pulitzer Prize-winner rsquo s 19th book of poetry offers a bountiful collection of 46 new poems many of which explore terrain featured
The Oldest Living Institution
Roger Collins’ history of the papacy, reviewed
A Solitary Life
Thomas Cahill has interrupted his series on ldquo the hinges of history rdquo to present an inspiring example of human development on death row Dominique Green a young black man who grew up on the streets of Houston was cared for by his mother for a few brief years before she fell victim to dru
Where Does It End?
‘Cruel and Unusual’: a book about television, punishment and God
Film
A Snapshot of Hell: Matteo Garrones Gomorra
The Italian film “Gomorra” lends a more ominous meaning to the famous epithet, “See Naples and Die.”
Theater
Righteous Among Women: Dan Gordon’s ‘Irena’s Vow’: a review and an interview
‘Irena’s Vow’ stars the actress Tovah Feldshuh, who first appears onstage telling her incredible story to a group of high school students.
Poetry
Omens, Warnings, and Advice: after Yang
This poem is modeled on one from the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, in The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry.
The Word
Already Pruned
Fifth Sunday of Easter (B), May 10, 2009
Columns
Rock and Sand
‘We cannot trust our own estimation of what is solid and what is not.’
Current Comment
Current Comment
Reviving Amtrak; New York’s New Archbishop
Signs Of the Times
In Israeli Jewish Schools, No Teaching About Christianity
Currently, if anything about Christianity is taught, it is about the Crusades and the Inquisition. There is no teaching of comparative religion.
Invitation Stokes a National Controversy
Notre Dames invitation to President Obama is the latest in a series of controversies concerning the identity of Catholic colleges.
Scholars: Promote Religious Freedom
There is this erroneous notion that its unconstitutional if we are talking to religious leaders around the world, said Thomas F. Farr.
Richardson Honored in Rome
Archbishop Sheehan introduced the governor to Pope Benedict, saying, Holy Father, this is our governor and he just repealed the death penalty.
Vatican Objects to Remarks on Israel
The Vatican called Irans president’s recent remarks about Israel at a U.N. conference on racism as extremist and unacceptable
News Briefs
The Benedictine priest Stanley L. Jaki (left), a Hungarian-born author, physicist, philosopher and theologian, died on April 7 in Madrid.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts