Of Many Things
Remembering 9/11 as a Christian, not an American
Forgiveness is the only way out.
Your Take
The Letters
Just war is not just about avoiding war but also proactively building peace.
How did your faith change in college?
Readers who attended secular colleges were less likely to report that their faith was strengthened in college.
Editorials
Trump’s “us-versus-them” rhetoric hurts police and black lives
Brutality, corruption and an “us-versus-them” mentality in the ranks undermine what is for many officers a sincere vocation to protect and serve.
Millennials are killing homeownership. But don’t blame them—blame student debt
Heavy debt from a college education can only make it more difficult for young adults to undertake the commitments of marriage and parenthood.
Short Take
Catholic campuses should look outward to the larger church
Colleges and universities need to broaden their call to discipleship to stretch beyond the campus.
Dispatches
Catholic school advocates press Trump to strengthen school choice programs
Eight months into his presidency, advocates of “school choice” wonder if the president will be able to deliver on his promise.
Why indigenous people are crashing Canada’s 150th birthday party
For indigenous people, the 150th anniversary of the Canadian confederation is an opportunity for resistance.
Catholic hospitals’ CEO ready to fix health care after GOP ‘skinny repeal’ fails
“We are relieved and delighted that the Affordable Care Act remains intact,” Sister Carol Keehan said. “We think that this is really an important moment now to hear the people on both sides of the aisle that have said we need to come together and work on making this better.”
Exclusive: Cardinal Bo describes Myanmar’s difficult path to democracy
Cardinal Bo believes the establishment of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and the Holy See could “help build up Myanmar as a democracy and contribute to peace building in the country.”
Features
Can Catholic social teaching help solve the labor crisis?
We need an economy that enables people to apply their energies to meaningful work that advances the common good.
How Bishop Ruiz built the church in Southern Mexico long before Pope Francis spoke of the peripheries
Bishop Ruiz preached “evangelization by the poor,” instructed his priests to study local indigenous languages and trained hundreds of catechists and deacons.
Faith in Focus
I volunteered at a summer camp for kids with disabilities—here’s what I learned about real freedom
I used to think that relying upon others somehow betrayed weakness. That changed when I worked at this camp.
Ideas
What comedian-turned-senator Al Franken can teach us about President Trump
Who better to combat the absurd, dark joke at the heart of the rise of Trumpism than someone like Al Franken?
Books
Is war a necessary evil?
Paul Lauritzen reviews “War: An Enquiry” by A. C. Grayling
A friar turned detective
The story spans 60 years, and as Broderick tells the tale of Roza Mojewska and Otto Brack he tells the story of Poland itself, touching on Hitler’s goal of annihilating the Poles to give the Germans space.
A God worthy of belief
The book grapples with the biggest of issues: the meaning of life, the problem of evil and the value of praying to a God who seems only rarely to intervene in human affairs.
Augustine gets a makeover in new translation. He hardly needed it.
Instead of the fusty old churchman we all know, Sarah Ruden’s Augustine is a dreamer, an artist, a poet.
Art
When we encounter great art, we learn more about ourselves.
At the Museo dell’ Opera in Florence, museumgoers are able to encounter not just the art, but also the artist and the religious mystery behind the work.
Music
Why does U2 irk so many people? A look at their struggle for pop hits and social justice
Is it possible to seek total global pop domination and to remain somehow soulful, sane and socially righteous?
Poetry
Christian Poetry v. “Christian Poetry”
How does one define Christian poetry?
On a Discharged Firework
Only the next day could The mystery begin, Its shocking fount of sparks In darkness now a memory, And the cooled cylinder Drowsing on the charred smear Of driveway. To approach In the abandoned silence And lift it up—which has, You think, by someone been Forbidden—and to smell The singed gunpowder, rich And sweet upon…
The Word
Take Lord, Receive
When we try to control our life story, we actually lose our freedom.
You Are the One!
In the spiritual life, insight is the result of faith, not its cause.
Last Take
The pope and the press: a surprisingly friendly relationship
How Pope Francis has changed the Catholic Church’s relationship with the media
Faith
Take Lord, Receive
When we try to control our life story, we actually lose our freedom.
You Are the One!
In the spiritual life, insight is the result of faith, not its cause.
Remembering 9/11 as a Christian, not an American
Forgiveness is the only way out.
How did your faith change in college?
Readers who attended secular colleges were less likely to report that their faith was strengthened in college.
I volunteered at a summer camp for kids with disabilities—here’s what I learned about real freedom
I used to think that relying upon others somehow betrayed weakness. That changed when I worked at this camp.
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Just war is not just about avoiding war but also proactively building peace.
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