Status Update: How well is the church reaching out to people in the digital age?
How well is the church reaching out to people in the digital age?
10 Dos and Don’ts: For Web-Savvy Organizations
Tips for Web-Savvy Organizations
A Guy Thing: An extraordinary leadership program for men on campus
An extraordinary leadership program for men on campus
Course Correction: My journey from journalism to campus ministry
My journey from journalism to campus ministry
Life Choices: A barrage of questions surrounds my first pregnancy.
A barrage of questions surrounds my first pregnancy.
Resources for Male Ministry
Male discussion groups have proved successful on college campuses, but the exploration of male spirituality can be valuable to men of any age. Listed below are a few resources from the Center for Action and Contemplation, founded by Richard Rohr, O.F.M. You can find a more complete resource list here.
America Wins at the CPA
America’s Web site has been awarded first place for the fourth year in a row by the Catholic Press Association. Many thanks to all of our friends and contributors for making this happen. America was also awarded the prestigious General Excellence Award for National General Interest Magazine. I
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
As I drove toward downtown Buffalo, I passed the detritus of a Catholic city.
Letters
Letters
The Kids Ruined Everything. In response to your editorial “How Old Is Old Enough?” (5/30): Massachusetts lowered the drinking age to 18 in the early 1970s. It was a disaster. Instead of 18- to 21-year-olds drinking moderately, they drank more and bought it for those under 18. Night clubs
Editorials
After Fukushima
Forward-looking nations should reduce their dependence on nuclear power while converting to renewable alternatives.
Books
Wild Things
T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes on the disastrous effects of human encroachment upon the natural world
Shifting Realities
Conversion has been a central theme in the writings of Charles Curran.
Film
Moveable Feast: Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’
Judging by ‘Midnight in Paris,’ Woody Allen seems almost in danger of enjoying life.
Heaven No More: ‘The Last Mountain’ documents West Virginia’s destruction
‘The Last Mountain’ offers a damning litany of harms caused by mountain-top removal.
Poetry
some things wont be stopped
a man came in the door
The Word
Mysterious Gift
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 10, 2011
Wisdom About Weeds
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 17, 2011
Columns
Governed by Greed
The church stands against all who exploit people for profits.
Current Comment
Current Comment
The Republic At War; Love One Another; Friend Request
Signs Of the Times
New Report Depicts Christians And Minorities Under Siege
Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence against religious minorities in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, according to a new report from an Islamic research center. The study, A Question of Faith, published by the J
Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide
The U.S. bishops declared suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent.”
‘We Are Dying And the World Is Watching’
More than 1,400 people have been killed since the regime of Bashar al-Assad began its brutal clampdown on dissent in Syria.
Churches Unprotected in Indonesia
Dozens of churches in Indonesia come under attack every year, and the country’s president is failing to take action to stop it, a Catholic activist says.
Church-Building Law Denounced in Egypt
Critics argue that the proposed measure would place the Christian minority at a distinct disadvantage.
Italy’s Water Works
A referendum in Italy has spotlighted an emerging social justice issue: access to safe water as a basic human right.
News Briefs
The Rev. Alois Andritzki, a German priest who was killed by lethal injection at Dachau, was beatified on June 13 in a service at Dresden Cathedral.
Christians Concerned After Minorities Ministry Devolved
Pakistan’s decision to shut down a federal ministry charged with safeguarding the rights of the nation’s religious minorities has renewed fears that conditions for minorities will worsen.
Appointment Triggers ‘Papability’ Speculation
Cardinal Angelo Scola’s appointment as archbishop of Milan prompts some to wonder about Cardinal Scola’s “papabile” rating.
USCCB: Keep U.S. Borders Open to World Refugees
An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently urged the United States to maintain its role as a global leader in refugee protection.
Pope: ‘Selfish’ Systems Cause World Hunger
Pope Benedict XVI blamed persistent world hunger on selfish and profit-driven economic models.
A Call for the Protection of Migrants
Catholic bishops of the North and Central America cited “those searching for work, asylum-seekers, refugees and victims of human trafficking.”
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts