The Valleys Sing: Joy and the psalms
The psalms of praise are filled with joy, delight and gratitude. Even happiness.
Building Bridges: Governing the Holy See in a pluralistic and globalized world
Miguel Diaz, the former Vatican ambassador, writes on the Holy See in a globalized world.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The new world has sent a Jesuit back to the old world to lead its new evangelization.
Letters
Letters
Concealed BeliefsAs Catholic lawyers who have filed dozens of civil rights cases, including some under the Voting Rights Act in Texas, we were disappointed in Of Many Things, by Matt Malone, S.J. (2/25), especially given Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments two days later in the Shelby County, Al
Editorials
When only Mary Magdalene knew of the resurrection
The Gospels unanimously report that the risen Lord first appeared to Mary Magdalene.
Faith and Reason
Accounting for the Empty Tomb: The quest for the risen, historical Jesus
There is no plausible explanation available today to account for how Jesus’ tomb became empty.
Books
Supersizing the Republic
An account of the seismic forces that rocked and reshaped the United States since World War II
Communing With God
“God can handle honesty and prayer begins an honest conversation,” Anne Lamott asserts.
Immigration’s Body Count
More than 2,000 migrants have died in the Arizona desert while crossing into the United States.
Film
Hunger for Change: The urgent message of ‘A Place at the Table’
The urgent message of ‘A Place at the Table’
The Word
A Shocking Love
One of the most difficult things for Western Christians to grasp is the reality of the miraculous which infuses the whole of the New Testament We labor more than we know under the assumptions of a world that is a closed empirical system from which God is absent Rudolf Bultmann the great 20th-
Columns
A Fool in the ‘Reign’
On this First of April, Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., reminds us that we are called to “evangelical foolishness, becoming “God’s fool.””
Finding God in Time Off
We don’t have to go far to soak up the beauty of God.
Faith
Surprise: A Jesuit Named Francis
Few Catholics, and even fewer Jesuits, ever imagined there would be a Jesuit pope.
Accounting for the Empty Tomb: The quest for the risen, historical Jesus
There is no plausible explanation available today to account for how Jesus’ tomb became empty.
When only Mary Magdalene knew of the resurrection
The Gospels unanimously report that the risen Lord first appeared to Mary Magdalene.
Signs Of the Times
Surprise: A Jesuit Named Francis
Few Catholics, and even fewer Jesuits, ever imagined there would be a Jesuit pope.
A Bishop Embraced by Rome
Cheers of “Francesco! Francesco! Francesco!” resounded throughout the square.
Silence and Service: Pope Francis Captivates Catholics Worldwide
Cardinal Francis has become the first pope in 600 years to receive his predecessor’s blessing.
Social Media Take-Off
On the final day of the conclave, Twitter reported 130,000 tweets per minute.
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