Why Race Still Matters: Catholics and the Rise of Barack Obama
Catholics and the Rise of Barack Obama
Our Mother, Our Advocate: The many journeys of Mary of Nazareth
The many journeys of Mary of Nazareth
A Death in the Family: A Catholic community mourns a fallen soldier.
A Catholic community mourns a fallen soldier.
Church and the Nutmeg State: What was behind the church-state clash in Connecticut?
New England is sometimes considered the birthplace of religious liberty in America because several of the early colonies were founded by adherents of denominations being persecuted in Europe in the seventeenth century. They saw the isolation of colonies in the new world as a haven to practice their faith.
But only their faith.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Meeting Marian Anderson, “the voice of the century”
Letters
Letters
Some, But Not All A correspondent in a recent issue (Letters, 4/20) wrote that “it is a great pity that the American bishops do not choose to lead by recognizing the complexity of the issue on which they are called to teach, and then teaching in a way that produces more light and less…
Editorials
Steering a New Course
Assessing President Obama’s first 100 days
Ideas
Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
When a revival of Robert Bolt’s marvelous play “A Man for All Seasons” opened on Broadway last October, the New York Times critic Ben Brantley, usually reliable for intelligent insights into theater and serious reflection on dramatic themes, wrote a strange review. Brantley seemed
Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
When a revival of Robert Bolt’s marvelous play “A Man for All Seasons” opened on Broadway last October, the New York Times critic Ben Brantley, usually reliable for intelligent insights into theater and serious reflection on dramatic themes, wrote a strange review. Brantley seemed
Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
When a revival of Robert Bolt’s marvelous play “A Man for All Seasons” opened on Broadway last October, the New York Times critic Ben Brantley, usually reliable for intelligent insights into theater and serious reflection on dramatic themes, wrote a strange review. Brantley seemed
Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
When a revival of Robert Bolt’s marvelous play “A Man for All Seasons” opened on Broadway last October, the New York Times critic Ben Brantley, usually reliable for intelligent insights into theater and serious reflection on dramatic themes, wrote a strange review. Brantley seemed
Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
Why do contemporary artists have such difficulty depicting holiness?
Books
A Daring Vision
On Reconciliation and Peace in the Holy Land
Final Moments
Now that the baby boom generation is reaching retirement age its members must come to terms with death s new proximity Parents are dying cherished friends are dying The public figures who loomed so large for so many years are dying Not that this is a surprise The World Population Clock tells us
Criminal Consent?
Covering this topic is like writing about the 1936 Berlin Olympics by now the participants are all dead and anyhow none but a handful of stars Jesse Owens Pablo Picasso are known outside the fan base rdquo Like track and field events the doings of painters actors and writers seem rather tri
Art
As It Really Is: Spriituality, seeing and the art of William Kentridge
“Even people only casually involved with contemporary art tend to bookmark memories by their first encounter with William Kentridge.
Film
Silly: The absurdity of ‘Angels & Demons’
In “Angels & Demons,” the church is on the side of the good guys.
New Media
Facebooked: A critique of the cultural phenomenon
Facebook is just another way of giving people the illusion that they are participating in the world without having to leave their bedroom or cubicle.
The Word
Taken Up
Ascension of the Lord (B), May 21, 2009
Anointed in Truth
Seventh Sunday of Easter (B), May 24, 2009
Columns
Religious Right
‘In some ways the United States still doesn’t get religion.’
Current Comment
Current Comment
Mr. Potter’s Progeny In Search of Cardinal Newman
Signs Of the Times
Arms Reduction Offer Draws Wide Support
President Obama’s recent proposal to open a new round of nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia has inspired hope among disarmament advocates.
California Coalition Helps Homeowners
Homeowners carrying loans worth more than the current value of their homes, said one lawyer, would likely default again when loan modifications ended.
Causes of Nigerian Violence Debated
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja has said that the so-called religious violence between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria is not about religion.
Pew: Half of Americans Changed Religions
The study reports that those who left the Catholic Church were more likely to have done so because they no longer believed in its teachings.
Further Delays for Chinese Bishops
Catholic bishops elected by several mainland Chinese dioceses will have to be subjected to further scrutiny before they are consecrated.
News Briefs
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that Venezuela and Cuba should be monitored for violations of religious freedom.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts