Christians and Statecraft: Taking stock of the new evangelical internationalism
Taking stock of the new evangelical internationalism
A Freedom Deferred: Why religious liberty schould be a U.S. foreign policy priority
Why religious liberty schould be a U.S. foreign policy priority
Five Questions for Thomas Farr
Thomas F. Farr’s article “A Freedom Deferred” led off America‘s special issue on religion and international affairs. Prof. Farr makes the persuasive case that the United States must be more vigorous in its promotion of religious liberty abroad: “Social science is confirming what history and common sense suggest: religious freedom is necessary if…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Revelations after a minor accident
Letters
Letters
Correct but Uncertain Re “Uninformed Conscience,” by John F. Kavanaugh, S.J. (6/ 21): The author says, quoting Aquinas, that conscience may be certain but not correct. It strikes me that conscience can also be correct but not certain! This dilemma is caused by the convergence of moral ob
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Dream On
Small-scale fixes may be more successful than comprehensive immigration reform.
Books
A Successful Life-Time
Henry Luce defined the print media model that dominated for most of the last century.
Wherever the Truth Will Lead
Francis Collins tackles the question of God
An American in Damascus
For Stephanie Saldaa, the desert is a landscape of transformation.
Film
Scrooged: A villain finds redemption in ‘Despicable Me’
A villain finds redemption in ‘Despicable Me’
Of Eternity and Beyond: Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 3’
In ‘Toy Story 3’ the ostensibly inanimate objects are far more animated than most movie stars.
Poetry
Villanelle for the Childrens Ward
How can I get used to this
The Word
A Forgiving and Giving God
The Gospel challenges the idea that God sends suffering to test or challenge or strengthen us and insists that God desires only good for us. We do not have to badger God or bargain with God to give us good things.
Bigger Barns
The Gospel today shows us in parable form what the “greed that is idolatry” looks like.
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Rules of Engagement
True solidarity entails probing facts and testing arguments together.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Making Peace with Terrorists; Duty Bound; Repeating History
Faith
A Forgiving and Giving God
The Gospel challenges the idea that God sends suffering to test or challenge or strengthen us and insists that God desires only good for us. We do not have to badger God or bargain with God to give us good things.
Bigger Barns
The Gospel today shows us in parable form what the “greed that is idolatry” looks like.
Signs Of the Times
Revised Norms Cover Sex Abuse and Women’s Ordination
The norms will include abuse and the “attempted ordination of women” among the list of most serious crimes against church law.
News Briefs
More than 400 people packed the chapel of a La Salle Brothers’ school near downtown Lima, Peru for a July 8 vigil in support of British Brother Paul McAuley, who has been threatened with expulsion from the country.
Church Advocates Seek Remedies to ‘Resource Curse’
Countries can take steps to ward off the curse, but weak governments postpone the task as easy money rolls in.
Local Laws Provoke Court Challenges
Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.
Vatican Faces Civil Challenges
Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.
U.N. Condemns Murder of Mexican Journalists
Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.
Abuse Settlement May Include Parish Cash
The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.
News Briefs
Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.
Cubans Arrive in Spain After Church-Brokered Release
Catholics can “take some holy pride that the bishops of Cuba were in this mediation,” Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said.
Traditional Anglicans to Cross Tiber
Thousands of Anglicans are expected to move into the Catholic Church after a decision to ordain women as bishops.
Orange Parade Revives Tension in Ulster
Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast.
Major Renovations, Economy Put Vatican in the Red
The 2009 fiscal period marked the third year in a row that Vatican expenses outpaced revenues.
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