The Talking Cure: Eboo Patel promotes interfaith dialogue as a defense against anti-Islamic prejudice.
The subject line of the e-mail read: “Ten reasons Muslims can’t be Americans.” The young Christian woman, who had received the chain message from a fellow member of a church committee, knew the content of the e-mail was full of lies. She chose to respond—kindly, respectfully—with the truth. As she typed her reply she drew…
The Catholic Schools We Need
Moving from a hospice mentality to renewed hope
Liberating Catechesis: A call for imagination and renewal
A call for imagination and renewal
Habits of Mind and Spirit: What campus ministers can learn from Blessed John Henry Newman
What campus ministers can learn from Blessed John Henry Newman
The Future of Catholic Schools: Parents and educators respond to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
In the September 13-20 issue of America Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York calls upon all Catholics to recommit themselves to the mission of Catholic education. “The truth is that the entire parish, the whole diocese and the universal church benefit from Catholic schools in ways that keep communities strong,” Archbishop Dolan…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Wormwood returns
Letters
Letters
Relax, They Won’t Hurt I have just perused the changes referred to in “Musicians Prepare for Coming Changes in Mass Text” (8/2). They are very minor. They seem to reflect a return to translations that older members might remember from the joint Latin-English missals. In this respec
Editorials
Mosque Hysteria
America is beginning to look like the crusading enemy of Islam that Al Qaeda claims it is.
Hold to the Deadline
We should focus on negotiating a way out of Afghanistan.
Books
On the Pilgrim Path
Alan Jacobss criticism is reserved not for bad prose, but for bad theology,
Listen Up
What the church needs to know about the next generation of pastoral ministers
Film
A History of Violence: George Clooney seeks some kind of redemption in ‘The American’
‘The American’ is a film about America today: a nation that has made too many weapons and killed too many people.
Music
Sing a New Song: The grass-roots debate about liturgical music
Should music directors use newer songs, which may be unfamiliar to congregations, or older ones?
Poetry
Of the Tibetan Lion Dog
For young Jack is a small lion in my house.
The Word
The Bridgeable Chasm
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Sept. 26, 2010
Grace-Filled Complexity
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Sept. 19, 2010
Columns
How Will They Know?
The pope's inspiring words on love are often not matched by the reality.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
The U.K.’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien accuses the BBC of institutional bias against “Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular.”
Bishops Call for Reconciliation On National Bicentennial
The pastoral letter from Mexico’s bishops addresses centuries-old divisions over ethnicity and the often strained relationship between church and state.
How to Unite?
The controversy surrounding a bishop in a diocese outside of Beijing illustrates the problems facing Chinese Catholic communities.
Bankrupt Diocese Raises $22 million
“I am absolutely overwhelmed at the response of people for their church,” Davenport’s Bishop Martin J. Amos said.
Pakistani Christians Deliberately Flooded
Local NGO’s report that inhabitants of a Christian village were killed when floodwaters were diverted into their community.
Cardinals Spokesman: No Coverup
A spokesman for Cardinal Godfried Danneels said the transcript of a meeting in April with a victim of clerical sexual abuse has been taken out of context.
News Briefs
As France continues its campaign to expel foreign-born Roma, Pope Benedict XVI called on Aug. 22 for greater acceptance of cultural differences and urged parents to teach their children “universal fraternity.”
A Feast for Skeptics
New talks between Israel and Palestine, despite obstacles, remain a source of hope.
Park51 Controversy Now a Question of National Security
New York’s proposed Islamic center could become a powerful symbol of tolerance or a recruiting tool for Al Qaeda.
Public School Guidelines Issued for Catholic Parents
The California Catholic bishops’ conference alerts parents of public school children of ways to “opt out” of classes that contradict their family’s values.
Still Hardline After All These Years
A visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime’s stance toward religion is softening.
Hindus Boycott Catholic Neighbors
The 800-member Catholic community in a village in India is facing a “social boycott” for refusing to follow traditions to appease Hindus gods.
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