Collegiality Made Visible: Three ways to revitalize the apostolic character of the episcopacy
Three ways to revitalize the apostolic character of the episcopacy
Why torture degrades both the victim and the perpetrator.
Torture degrades both the victim and the perpetrator.
Haiti Weeps
As rescue and aid efforts continue in Haiti, we will update this page with news and reflections from our editors, bloggers and friends. Listen to a conversation with John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services about the agency’s relief efforts. View a slide show of images from Haiti. Photos courtesy Reu
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Living in New York, the countryman in me fears losing touch with the cycle of the seasons.
Letters
Letters
The More the Merrier Re Of Many Things by Maurice Timothy Reidy (1/4): Thank you for the podcasts. I look forward to them. It is good to sit back and listen to a favorite author, get acquainted with a new personality and just plain enjoy it all. And these podcasts can easily be downloaded, burned…
Editorials
Weakened by Defense
Defense spending continues to place severe limits on what our government can and cannot do.
Faith in Focus
Healing Faith: How a physician returned to God
How a physician returned to God
Books
Celestial Guidance
With her novel 'Angel Time' Anne Rice has, perhaps unintentionally, written a roman clef.
Slowly Down the Slope
John Thorndikes wrenching memoir chronicles the year he cared for his Alzheimer's-afflicted father.
Birdsong and Early Morn
Diane Ackerman has long been a prolific observer of the myriad wonders of nature.
Art
Sister Wendy Beckett meditates on Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family”
In Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family” the unknown reality of first-century peasants has been transposed into another key.
Film
The Ballad of Jeff Bridges: In “Crazy Heart,” a journeyman actor is allowed to shine
The journeyman actor’s turn as a country crooner in “Crazy Heart” is the perfect marriage of media hype and craftsmanship.
The Word
God Inside-Out
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Jan. 24, 2010
Fulfilled in Our Hearing
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Jan. 31, 2010
Columns
A Turbulent Decade
Confidence has eroded not only in institutions, but perhaps also in our very selves.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Edward Schillebeeckx, R.I.P.; The Vatican's Not-So-Secret Archives
Signs Of the Times
2010: Two Dozen U.S. Bishops Could Retire
Among those turning 75 this year is Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia.
Jesus-Era House Brings Joy to Nazareth
The recently discovered remains reveal new information about how people lived during Jesus’ lifetime.
A Push for Executive Accountability
The effort to give stockholders a “say on pay” gained traction in 2009 as 38 public companies said they would address compensation issues.
News Briefs
Thailand’s Catholic aid agency was refused access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers as Thai soldiers arrived to deport them to Laos.
Chaotic Conditions in Port-au-Prince Limit Rescue, Recovery
Relief agencies are preparing for “thousands and thousands” of dead and injured in the wake of the worst earthquake to strike Haiti in two centuries.
U.S. Bishops Request Collections for Haiti
Archbishop Timothy Dolan said all the funds collected in New York would be routed through Catholic Relief Services.
Stories of Hope, Sadness Emerge from Earthquake Ruins
“In all of this, we also hear the Haitian voices raised in song, praising God for being alive,” said Sister Mary Finnick.
Arms Race, U.S. Inattention Promote Rising Tension
The United States’ lack of attention to a renewed arms race in Latin America has some international policy experts worried.
Bishops Battle Over Spiritual Worth of Medjugorje Pilgrimages
The bishop who oversees Medjugorje has objected to Cardinal Christoph Schoborn’s very public pilgrimage to the site.
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Culture
Vatican
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