A Graced Moment: Welcoming the New Roman Missal
Welcoming the New Roman Missal
Worship Space Today: Trends in modern church architecture
Trends in modern church architecture
Designing Sacred Space
We asked two experts, one an architect and the other a sacred space planner, a series of questions about church design today. In the May 23 issue, Roberto Chiotti and Richard S. Vosko suggest three things that American Catholics should know about church design. We also asked them to cite a recent project…
What We Learned: A Byzantine priest recounts the transition to a new translation
As a Byzantine Catholic priest, I have read with interest the many articles on the new translation of the missal for the Roman liturgy. The liturgy of the Byzantine-Ruthanian Catholic Church is of course different than the Roman Church, but we also recently implemented a new translation. A brief history of the process, and the…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Catholic attachment to Holy Land differences from that of the Jews, but it is a special place all the same.
Letters
Letters
‘Small’ Sacrifices Count Too I thank America for its reflection on the homely (as the Irish mean it) spirituality of fatherhood depicted in Of Many Things (5/2), in which Kevin Clarke writes about his choice between a nice car and a larger family. These reflections on the father’s
Editorials
Slippery Slope
Once critical of extrajudicial killings, Americans have lost their inhibitions when it comes to Islamic terrorists.
Books
Liturgy, a History
Catechesis or history written by the victors?
A Social Imagination
Charles Taylor argues that the modern world starts not with scientific discovery, but with a moral revolution.
Quality of Life
Martha Nussbaum’s new book looks at the “human development approach” to social development.
Art
Is Paris Worth a Mass?: Space, place and liturgy in Notre Dame
Space, place and liturgy at the Cathedral of Notre Dame
The Word
Never Alone
Sixth Sunday of Easter (A), May 29, 2011
Columns
‘This God, This One Word: I’
Ayn Rand’s characters despise altruism, even belief in God.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Teens and Torture; Anthropogenic Apocalypse?; OMG!; As Others See Us
Signs Of the Times
Dozens Reported Killed in Hmong Protest
Hundreds of people are missing, according to sources inside Vietnam; many escaped into the bush fleeing from attack helicopters.
Outrage at Bishop’s Removal
The fallout following the forced retirement of Australian Bishop William Morris has grown more caustic in recent days.
Violence Against Copts
Egyptian police must act more quickly against Muslim rioters, a Catholic bishop said after 12 people were killed in Cairo.
Concrete Steps on Climate Change
Nations and individuals have a duty to enact policies that mitigate global warming, said a Vatican-sponsored working group.
Hardships Build in Libya
Reports continue to emerge of hundreds of migrants and refugees missing and presumed drowned in the waters off Libya.
News Briefs
Thousands marched through Mexico City on May 8 calling for new public policies in the drug war and the end of violence.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts