On the Slope With Teilhard: Lessons on spirit and matter
Hymn to Matter” may be one of the oddest-seeming prayers ever penned by a priest. Christians pray to God, to the saints, to the angels perhaps, and sometimes to deceased loved ones. But a hymn to matter? To atoms and rocks, gases and plasma, minerals and stardust? It sounds like idolatry, and
Teaching or Commanding?: When bishops instruct the faithful
When bishops instruct the faithful
O Holy Night 2: Readers share suggestions for keeping Christmas sacred
Readers share suggestions for keeping Christmas sacred
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The liturgy of Advent never fails to lead me out of November's shadows.
Letters
Letters
Death in a Jar In response to your current comments “Death in Connecticut,” followed by “How Graphic?” (11/29): Until we as a society demand that the death penalty be abolished, it will continue to be used as a method of revenge. Many murders are so heinous that viscerally we
Editorials
Markets and Politics
How can free-market capitalism be made less inimical to democracy?
Art
Highly Favored One: Meditating on new images of Mary
How the story of a simple young woman from Nazareth has influenced the Christian imagination.
Film
Speak, Lord: ‘The King’s Speech’ is no musty historical drama
“The King’s Speech” is no musty historical drama
The Word
Obedience of Faith
Fourth Sunday of Advent (A), Dec. 19, 2010
Light in Darkness
The Nativity of the Lord (A), Dec. 25, 2010
Columns
Relish the Banquet
Let Advent be a savoring of the ways God already enters our lives.
Culture
Start Them Young: Books for children
A roundup up children's books for the Christmas season
Current Comment
Current Comment
O Holy Not; Don’t Assassinate; Illegal Organ Trading
Signs Of the Times
U.S. Bishops Urge Support for Nuclear Weapons Pact
Bishop Hubbard called the New Start treaty a “modest step toward a world with greater respect for human life.”
Vatican: Bishops Ordination Inflicts Painful Wound
Eight bishops in communion with Pope Benedict XVI laid their hands on Father Guo, whose ordination was illicit in the eyes of the church.
Condom Remarks Offer Teachable Moment
“This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach,” said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
Bishops: Alarming Situation in Haiti
The current outbreak of cholera has aggravated an already difficult situation for Haitians, the bishops said.
No Justice for Christians in Pakistan
The Christian community was outraged by the acquittal on of a rich Muslim man accused of murdering a young Christian girl.
News Briefs
The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq.
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Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts