All God’s Children: Stories of sin and redemption
I grew up in Nashville, Tenn., in an Irish-Catholic enclave, at a time when Catholics made up less than 1 percent of the population and the whole state was one diocese. I am the fourth generation of women in my family to go to the St. Cecilia Dominican Academy, started before the Civil War. I…
Keep Holy Election Day: Suggestions for Faithful Voting
Suggestions for Faithful Voting
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
For 35 years I have come to this Jesuit villa to think, pray, read and write.
Letters
Letters
Facts About Drinking The editorial “How Old Is Old Enough?” (5/30) ignored the facts on why lowering the drinking age is a dangerous and irresponsible proposal. Moving the age to 18 is popular with lawyers seeking to reduce college liability for the more than 1,800 deaths, 100,000 rapes
Editorials
The War Next Door
For Mexico to prosecute its drug war successfully, policy across the border has to change.
Faith in Focus
Staying Power: What keeps women in the church?
What keeps women in the church?
Ideas
From Pages to Pixels: Will texts and tweets replace reading?
As we tweet and hyperlink, can we sustain the concentration required for real discovery?
Books
Getting to One
'Ut Unum Sint' and the prospects of uniting the Eastern and Western churches
Dear New Yorker
Elizabeth Bishop 1911-79 was a poet laureate then called ldquo consultant in poetry rdquo of the United States a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and for 17 years a resident of Brazil which allowed her to keep her distance from the ldquo lit biz rdquo while staying in
Film
Behind ‘The Times’: Andrew Rossi’s new documentary surveys the paper of record
Old die habits die hard, but when it comes to the newspaper industry, habits are dying fast and furious.
Television
Chicken Little Gets Her Gun: TNTs ‘Falling Skies’
Catch a glimpse of America’s ballistic soul on ‘Falling Skies,’ the popular new sci-fi series on TNT.
The Word
Surprised by Joy
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 24, 2011
No More Hunger
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 31, 2011
Catholic Book Club
July Selection
This month we thought we would bring something special to the armchair traveler whose budget may preclude a flight to California It is a treasured classic by the acclaimed naturalist John Muir 1838-1914 brought to wonderful new light by the stunning often breathtaking full-color photographs by S
Columns
Which World Do We See?
Is life nasty, brutish and short, or are peace and love possible?
Current Comment
Current Comment
Acting in Good Faith; Lasting Institutions; A Men’s World
Signs Of the Times
Bishops Call for Unity Against Terrorism
The Indian bishops spoke a day after three bombs in Mumbai left at least 17 people dead and more than 140 injured.
DREAM Act Supporters Plan Sept. Sabbath
Faith leaders say they will devote time during or after worship services to explaining the legislation.
Electoral Tribunal Sanctions Mexico City Archdiocese
The archdiocese has urged Catholics not to vote for political parties that promote liberalized abortion laws and same-sex marriage.
Bishops Respond to New York Vote, Look to Future Battles
The bishops said that true definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman “cannot change, though we realize that our beliefs…will continue to be ridiculed.”
Children Casualties in Libya
One 15-year-old had grown so accustomed to the war raging around him that he lost his fear of the ordnance scattered on the ground in his neighborhood.
Burma: Conflict Creates New Refugees
A source from the Catholic Diocese of Banmaw claimed that the Burmese government “does nothing to help civilian refugees.”
Putting Trafficking Out of Business
A coalition of religious investors wants officials at 27 major U.S. companies to look deeper into the role human trafficking may play in the operation of their firms.
News Briefs
Pope Benedict opened a new Vatican Internet news portal with the first-ever papal tweet on June 28.
Catholic Leaders Challenge Obama, Congress to Protect Poor in Debt Talks
Catholics leaders urge Congress and Obama to remember the poor and most vulnerable as crisis talks continue on debt ceiling and deficit reduction.
Church Reviews Mining Impact on Land, Poor
Latin America bishops call on northern countries to value the rich Latin American biodiversity that is threatened by extractive industries.
Bishops Calls for Support of Democracy Movement
Tunisia’s tiny Catholic community prays for the country’s transition to democracy and hopes that the nation will embrace full religious freedom.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts