A Careful Reading: Could federal health care money be used for abortion?
Since the Affordable Care Act became law in March 2010, the two chambers of Congress have held diametrically opposed views. The House, under Republican control since 2011, has voted many times to repeal the entire act; the Democratic-controlled Senate has resisted changes.The Catholic bishops’
Shadowed by Tragedy: Rwanda strives to rise above a history of horror
One of the most notable characteristics of the Kigali Memorial Centre is its simplicity: a small fountain; a stone courtyard; some gardens with water fixtures flowing through them. Most striking, perhaps, are the plain, long, brown slabs of brick marking the graves of 250,000 of the men, women and c
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The catholic, cosmopolitan spirit Father Wynne instilled in America still animates our work.
Letters
State of the Question: Readers respond to “See the Person,” by John P. Langan, S.J. (3/10)
Back to Basics“See the Person” is relevant and interesting. However, the four elements that “should mark a new stance toward homosexuals and homosexuality” are a bit complicated. Why not just return to the basics of seeing all persons whom God has created? The catechism says
Editorials
After Crimea
Western leaders must hold off from an unhinged rush back to the Cold War.
Faith in Focus
Asking for Change: The challenge of giving without grudges
Donna appears at the front door every so often, not exactly a friend but more than an acquaintance. A teacher of sorts, I suppose. Like the time she asked me to loan her $20 for an emergency, and I came to learn that it really was not a loan at all, but more like a…
Vantage Point
Media Camouflage
Vantage Point 1994: Fr. James Martin, S.J., on the Western media’s difficulty in confronting the tragedy in Rwanda.
Witness in Rwanda
By the second Sunday of Easter, April 10, as the African Synod opened in Rome—the official title for this meeting is “The Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops”—details had just reached the outside world of the slaughter in Rwanda. Among those killed in the wave
Books
Turning Point in Tehran
James Buchan’s new book, Days of God: the Revolution in Iran and its Consequence
Everybody Does It?
In Cheating Lessons, James Lang presents the good and bad news about cheating in higher education.
Spanish Import
The Cursillo de Cristiandad is a nearly 60-year-old lay-led Catholic renewal movement with origins on the island of Mallorca Spain whose signature event is a 72-hour short course in Christianity The Cursillo movement was inaugurated in 1944 by Eduardo Bonn n Aguil a Mallorcan Catholic layman
Film
The Art of Hospitality: Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Poetry
April, Northern England
Snowflakes surprise us,small and aimless as we ourselves,so light they sift upwardsin random puppetry. Yesterday we arrived in Englandon the edge of April.Workers in orange suitshad de-iced the plane in Chicago. As we’d changed planesin Dublin, yellow hoses uncoiledon juddering machi
The Word
Humble Is He
The Gospel of Matthew presents Palm Sunday in the context of one of the Gospel rsquo s many prophetic fulfillment citations which demonstrate that Jesus was the promised one who would establish the kingdom of God Matthew presents a free rendering of the prophecy from Zec 9 9 to explain Jesus rsquo
Current Comment
Current Comment
The N.R.A. sends an “alert” calling for the defeat of Obama’s nominee for surgeon general.
Of Other Things
A Fellowship Grows in Brooklyn
A rabbi, a Jewish painter and a Catholic musician gather to talk about God.
Signs Of the Times
Priests Abducted
In a serious escalation of tension in Crimea, three Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests have been seized and interrogated by pro-Russian forces. The Rev. Mykola Kvych, a pastor and Ukrainian military chaplain, was taken on March 15 after celebrating the liturgy. He was released later that day after hou
News Briefs
Meeting on March 20 with steelworkers in Terni, Italy, Pope Francis said solidarity is too often treated as “a dirty word,” yet the only way out of the global financial crisis is to put people first. • The new Muslim mayor of Nazareth, Ali Sallam, said on March 17 that it was his &l
Rome Readies for Canonization; 1 Million Expected at St. Peter’s
Just weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, hotels in Rome are reporting they are almost fully booked, and the Vatican has confirmed that the Mass will take place in St. Peter’s Square. That means hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony
John Paul’s ‘Traditions’
The first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election provoked stories highlighting the unique style Francis has brought to the papacy. People appear to have forgotten how much of what passes today for papal “traditions” were actually innovations of Pope John Paul II. Frequent parish vis
Bishops Seek Western Help As Crisis Engulfs Millions
Conditions remain dire in the Central African Republic, and a U.N. official urged the international community to step up humanitarian aid efforts dramatically. Despite the end of the large-scale violence that rocked the nation in December and January, people are still being killed every day. “
New Religious Effort To End Human Trafficking
Representatives of the Catholic, Anglican and Muslim worlds launch Global Freedom Network.
Washington Front
Closed City
If you watch television, Washington is not only dysfunctional, but also depraved.
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