Do This In Memory of Me: Vatican II calls us to a renewed realization of the primacy of Christ.
Vatican II calls us to a renewed realization of the primacy of Christ.
Mass Evangelization: Sharing faith with the Eucharist
Sharing faith with the Eucharist
Of Many Things
The Church and the LGBT Catholic
Why are gays and lesbians more quickly suspected of sinful behavior?
Letters
State of the Question
America’s editorial “Repeal the Second Amendment," in the issue of Feb. 25, evoked considerable reader response. Some comments were published in the issue of April 8-15. Here are more.Unintended ConsequencesWith all the gun rhetoric out there, both pro and con, including your propos
Editorials
The Austerity Trap
Why are some in Washington starstruck by austerity, a bad idea whose time has not come?
Faith in Focus
Other Gods: Idol worship is not confined to golden calves
Jesus had harsh words for those who worshipped prestige over compassion.
Books
A Tale of Two Thomases
Anyone who has visited the Frick Museum in New York and entered the main parlor whose walls are hung with splendid portrait after splendid portrait has witnessed one of the wittiest curatorial acts in museum-dom On either side of the massive fireplace hang two portraits by Hans Holbein Looking l
The ‘Secret Encyclical’
The story of how an American Jesuit helped shape Pius XI’s condemnation of Nazism.
A High Keening
Louise Gl ck has won the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Critics Circle Award the National Book Award the Library of Congress Rebekah Johnson Bobbit National Prize the Bollingen Award the William Carlos Williams Award and the Melville Kain Award She has served twice as the poet laureate of t
A War of the 1 Percent
Bruce Levine’s study of Confederate society seeks to correct the errors of generations past.
When Satire Sours
Al Capp was as much a celebrity as L’il Abner, one of his chief creations.
Film
Nothing like Kansas: ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ strays from its roots.
If it only had a brain, one is tempted to suggest, Oz the Great and Powerful might have been as welcome as spring. Still, it is not an entirely brainless movie or completely lacking a heart. And it certainly has nerve: Positioned as the very presumptive heir to “The Wizard of Oz,” perhap
Poetry
A Fallen Bird’s Nest
This bowl must have been hanging in its treeabove the cars and parking meters, above menwrapped like pods and sleeping in doorways,above the coffee cup lids, newsprint cubism, andthe quintillion cigarette remnants of sidewalk still life.And now it’s underfoot, a sudden flash on wet pavement,it
The Word
Love Without Ceasing
Fifth Sunday of Easter (C), April 28, 2013
Columns
The Downloadable Wasteland
Will television schedules mean much in the future, when most content is captured on DVRs?
Current Comment
Current Comment
The new pope might consider the cause of Oscar Romero with renewed seriousness.
Faith
The Church and the LGBT Catholic
Why are gays and lesbians more quickly suspected of sinful behavior?
Signs Of the Times
U.N. Passes Historic Treaty Regulating Lethal Trade
The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on April 3 to approve a historic treaty.
Haiti: Reconstruction Gains Momentum
Church reconstruction is moving forward at a faster pace after months of discussions.
Pope Reaffirms Policy on Sexual Abuse
Pope Francis said he wanted “to act decisively concerning cases of sexual abuse.”
Respecting, But Not Reading the Bible
Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they do not want wisdom from the Bible.
Korean Bishop Appeals for Peace
South Korea’s bishops on April 5 asked Pope Francis to act as a peace mediator amid the escalating nuclear tension in the Asian peninsula. “The dominant sentiment among the South Korean population isn’t so much fear, but concern and bitterness for the current situation,” said
News Briefs
Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and legendary opponent of South African apartheid, was awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize on April 4. • In a letter on March 22, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston urged Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to support the
Washington Front
A Pope of the Poor
Some political spinners are trying to fit Pope Francis into their own agendas and biases.
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Vatican
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