What’s Extraordinary?: Catholic wisdom on end-of-life care
Catholic wisdom on end-of-life care
The Jesus of History: Two scholars respond to Luke Timothy Johnson.
The relation of the Christ of faith to the Jesus of history is a topic fraught with controversy in theological circles. It also has implications for the way Christian believers understand and practice their faith. We invited Luke Timothy Johnson to reflect on the topic and state his own position, which he did in <a…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The search for the historical Jesus research needn't leave our faith a shambles.
Letters
Letters
There Is No Defense Is the kind of question posed by Kevin O’Rourke, O.P., in “Complications” (8/2) useful in the public forum? Could it hurt the church? Bishops can be wrong, and when evidence of their wrongful decisions comes to light, appropriate actions should be taken to recti
Editorials
Give Labor Its Day
Corporate profits cannot in justice be made at the expense of the nation's labor force.
Books
Hows He Doing?
Jonathan Alter's account of President Obama's first year in office
Into The Darkness
Arthur Koestler was a man of controversy in death as in life.
Art
Risking Everything: Henri Matisse’s truest expressions
“All art worthy of the name,” Henri Matisse once said, “is religious.”
Film
Around the World I’ve Searched for You: Julia Roberts embarks on a quasi-spiritual journey in ‘Eat Pray Love’
Julia Roberts’ quest for spiritual enlightenment in ‘Eat Pray Love’ comes across as unremittingly self-centered.
Theater
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The Word
The God Who Seeks
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Sept. 12, 2010
Calculating the Cost
Disciples must act as brother and sister toward those who are different, whether by physical ability or any other status marker. For some disciples, this new family will cause tension and even rupture in one’s biological family.
Catholic Book Club
August Selection
In recognition of the centennial of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on August 26 we thought this new book would be a welcome addition to everyone rsquo s home library In ldquo Unconditional Love rdquo the book rsquo s introduction the noted pastor Rick Warren pens these stirring words
Columns
Seeking Peace in Sudan
Will we witness a new peace or a return to an old war?
Current Comment
Current Comment
Resignations Refused; Ethics by Default; The Real Islam
Faith
Calculating the Cost
Disciples must act as brother and sister toward those who are different, whether by physical ability or any other status marker. For some disciples, this new family will cause tension and even rupture in one’s biological family.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
The U.S. Knights of Columbus are partnering with Project Medishare for Haiti to make prosthetic limbs available to Haitian children injured during the earthquake on Jan. 12.
Five Years Later, Looking for Rebirth
New Orleans still struggles to rebuild and redefine itself five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Agent Orange Still Causing War Casualties
A new U.S. initiative seeks to make some amends for the widespread use of defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam.
Cardinal urges Catholics, Muslims to Overcome Violence
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran encouraged Catholics and Muslims to work together in overcoming violence among followers of different religions
Church Leaders Bring Aid to Pakistani Flood Victims
The flooding and the suffering continues in Pakistan as aid continues to trickle in to relieve millions of the nation’s dislocated.
Car Accident Injures Ambassador Kmiec
One passenger was killed, the other seriously injured when the car crashed in California.
Floods Hamper Aid Efforts As Disease Threatens Millions
Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the floods have made their way to the major cities of Karachi and Lahore.
Widow of Slain Rancher Reflects on Border Debate
Sue Krentz is a conflicted woman, coping with the complicated reality of life near the Mexican border.
Girl Servers Alter Inequality
“The exclusion of girls…has always weighed heavily and represented a deep inequality within Catholic education,” the official Vatican newspaper said.
Pakistani Security Failed Christians
Remarks from a senior Paksitani official to mark the first anniversary of some of Pakistan’s worst anti-Christian violence.
Move Ministries to the Margins
Clerical sexual abuse has provoked repugnance throughout the church, said a recently appointed Vatican official.
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