Still ‘Presente’?: U.S. Catholics should reconnect with Latin America.
The American church’s widespread and intense commitment to Latin America has waned.
Signs of Life: The Catholic voice against the death penalty is growing stronger.
Catholics now support the death penalty at a lower rate than the general population.
Road to Recovery: Reconstructing Haiti three years after the earthquake
As we approach the fourth anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, a look back the efforts to rebuild the country.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
In the context of globalization, the question “who is my neighbor” is both urgent and complex.
Letters
Letters
Coastal PlanningIn a letter to the editor (“Stupid Human Tricks,” 12/24), William F. Klosterman passionately addresses the difficulties caused by building on the sea coast. But he utterly fails to propose any reasonable solutions. Is he suggesting that New Orleans—with all its hist
Editorials
Looking South
Rethinking the U.S. relationship with Latin America
Ideas
Beat Attitude: Jack Kerouac’s unexpected life
Despite his popular image, Jack Kerouac was born and died a self-identified Catholic.
Books
Finding a Third Way
This is an important book on religion morality and law In Law rsquo s Virtues Cathleen Kaveny a legal scholar and moral theologian argues that law ldquo can should and does rdquo function as a moral teacher even in the United States a pluralistic representative democracy committed to indivi
Why We Fight
On Nov 2 by coincidence the liturgical day on which Catholics remember the dead The Washington Post following a practice begun in 2003 printed full- page the ldquo Faces of the Fallen rdquo 45 portraits of the American soldiers and Marines who died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanista
Hot Air
Superstorm Sandy brought climate change back into public consciousness with a vengeance Although no single weather event can be directly linked to climate change Sandy rsquo s devastation offered an undeniable preview of the kinds of extreme weather events we will face regularly in a warming world
Poetry
Saint Sunday
In certain folktales, she appears with Mary,pierced through with the scissors and needlesof girls who worked, forbidden, on Sundays.She is marred with knives, and scarredwith scythes wielded disobediently.I imagine Christ’s gentle hands, healinghis battered Saint, pulling nails from her flesh,
The Word
Body Building
The church is a body of believers and each part is essential for the overall health of the body According to St Paul each individual person is vital for the body to thrive All three of the readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time place us in the context of the body of believers…
Love Never Fails
Love never fails because God who is love never fails Human loves can be disordered and disintegrate because they can be built upon our own misguided hopes and desires We mistake what we want or how we perceive something for how things must be or truly are When Jesus spoke in the synagogue in Na
Columns
The Freezing Point
The power of love melts our defenses and dissolves barriers.
Signs Of the Times
Big Faith on Campus
Catholic students at two secular universities soon will have a dormitory all their own.
Immigrants Seek Church Help in France
Illegal immigrants who occupied the Vatican’s embassy in Paris are calling for support.
Decree Against Religion in Vietnam?
Catholics believe the government is “looking for a way to restrict the freedom of religion.”
Last-Minute Budget Compromise Dodges Fiscal Cliff Dive
Though imperfect, the deal will help prevent major economic damage.
News Briefs
More than 2.3 million pilgrims attended audiences or celebrations with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican during 2012. • “Bold steps” are necessary to counter the “rising tide of aggressive posturing” between the United States and Iran, wrote Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des
Mental Illness: Can Parishes Do More to Help?
Awareness is essential to overcome the stigma associated with a disease of the mind.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts