Spiritual Giants; Thrift Reborn: Book briefs
The genius of Michael Ford’s new book, Spiritual Masters for All Seasons (paperback, Hidden Spring) is not that it tells the stories and limns the theologies of four great contemporary Catholic spiritual masters—Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Anthony de Mello and John O’Donohue. The
Papal Correspondence: Six experts interpret what ‘Charity in Truth’ says about the issues of our times.
Six experts interpret what ‘Charity in Truth’ says about the issues of our times.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Making the move from the Great Plains to the gritty urbanity of New York
Letters
Letters
Ecumenism in the Classroom I was excited to read the excellent article “Basketball Diary,” by B. G. Kelley (11/16). When I first came to the evangelical school where I teach English, I was the only Catholic. Now, in my 10th year, I have three Catholic colleagues. I too have felt a stro
Editorials
A Lasting Victory?
The passage by the House of a health care bill is both an achievement and a mere first step.
Faith in Focus
Together in Prayer: Holding hands, not holding back
Holding hands, not holding back
Books
The World According to Berry
For Thomas Berry, water, rocks and trees are not ancillary to his thought, but constitutive.
Film
Looking Beyond Redemption: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Animal Planet: The wry pleasures of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
In “Fantastic Mr. Fox” the characters live in a land with more pragmatism and depth than the quirky animation suggests.
Poetry
Gods Brother
We walked downhill
The Word
Rough Ways Made Smooth
Second Sunday of Advent (C), Dec. 6, 2009
Current Comment
Current Comment
Downsizing the Man-Eaters; Wonderful Copenhagen?
Signs Of the Times
Can Colombia’s Displaced People Get on the U.N. Agenda?
Over three million people in Colombia have been dislocated by civil war and violence related to drug trafficking.
C.C.H.D. Says Grantees Follow Church Teaching
“We pledge…to ensure that all C.C.H.D. funds are used faithfully, effectively and in accord with Catholic social and moral teaching,” said Bishop Roger P. Morin.
Close Guantanamo, Says Anti-torture Group
The prison is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be closed immediately, a group of religious leaders said.
Signs of the Times
” Close Guantánamo, Says Anti-torture Group Religious leaders have renewed their call to Congress seeking the immediate closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The prison “is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be
Detained Migrants Deserve Spiritual Care
The growing number of people in U.S. detention centers has made the issue of access even more urgent.
Signs of the Times
” Detained Migrants Deserve Spiritual Care Migrants and refugees in prisons and detention centers have the same right to spiritual assistance as any other person, a U.S. bishop told a Vatican meeting. Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration
Vatican to U.S.: Lift Cuba Embargo
The embargo “undeniably has a negative influence on the life of the people,” Archbishop Celli told Vatican Radio Nov. 13.
News Briefs
In a letter on Nov. 12, the Mexican bishops’ conference rebuked narcotics-trafficking cartels for their murderous ways.
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