Christian Complicity: Are believers encouraging mockery of their own beliefs?
Are believers encouraging mockery of their own beliefs?
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
I never met Andrew Greeley, but like many people, I felt as if I knew him.
Letters
State of the Question: Readers respond to “Just Economics,” by Stacie Beck (5/6)
Can the market play a role in helping the poor? Readers respond to ‘Just Economics.’
Editorials
Should marijuana be legal?
From 2013: Enforcing marijuana laws seriously drains social resources and contributes to the nation’s unconscionably high incarceration rate.
Faith in Focus
A Father’s Faith: Wisdom borrowed from St. Joseph
Today is the Feast Day of St. Joseph, the patron saint of fathers, workers and of the universal church. Tom McGrath writes of lessons learned from the “man of few words but plenty of action.”
Books
What Was Lost
‘Mortal Sins’ by Michael D’Antonio offers a sweeping narrative of the sexual abuse crisis.
Art
Bird Watching: Art that can help save the planet
Just weeks before Pope Francis, in his inaugural homily, explicitly urged listeners to protect the environment, two art exhibitions opened in New York City, both of which explore the environmental theme through extraordinary renderings of birds. Surely Pope Francis, whose namesake is the patron sain
The Word
Prophetic Values
The language of the Bible can be gently potent Biblical texts are not usually wordy nor do biblical characters elaborate their feelings in lengthy soliloquies A few words are offered to be pondered measured and considered People speak directly but sometimes the meaning is mysterious or opposed
The One I Look For
Years ago the band U2 recorded ldquo I Still Haven rsquo t Found What I rsquo m Looking For rdquo Could Jesus rsquo first disciples have said that To know what you are looking for you have to know what you need When you know what you need you need to know where to look…
Columns
Is God always on America’s side? You’d think so by the songs we sing.
Many of us learned these songs not in school or from the media, but from their use in church around all our national holidays.
The Perfect Fit
‘Say Yes to the Dress’ is strange and ridiculous. And, for some reason, I keep watching.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Death Pulls Ahead; A Bumpy Road to Obamacare; Faith in the System
Faith
The ‘Nones’ Are Alright: What we can learn from a generation of seekers
What we can learn from a generation seekers
A Father’s Faith: Wisdom borrowed from St. Joseph
Today is the Feast Day of St. Joseph, the patron saint of fathers, workers and of the universal church. Tom McGrath writes of lessons learned from the “man of few words but plenty of action.”
Signs Of the Times
Immigrants Subsidize Medicare Costs
Immigrants for years have paid far more into Medicare’s coffers than they have drawn out, effectively subsidizing rising health care payments to the aging U.S. population, according to an analysis from Harvard Medical School released on May 29. From 2002 through 2009, immigrants posted a Medic
Iraq Divided
The patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad denounced a recent series of car bombings and shootings in cities in Iraq that left at least 54 people dead and dozens more injured. Patriarch Louis Sako said on May 20 that the current violence is between minority Sunni and majority Shiite Mu
Study Finds Few Improvements, New Concerns After Arab Spring
A new state department report cited growing religious persecution in Arab Spring countries.
Scandal of Hunger
Finding a solution to the “ongoing scandal” of worldwide hunger should be a top priority, said the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations. Addressing a U.N. General Assembly meeting on sustainable development goals on May 23, Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, permanent obse
Remembering Andrew Greeley
Father Greeley was perhaps most widely recognized for the more than 60 novels he wrote.
Families Separated and Border Shelters Strained by Deportees
More than a million immigrants have been deported from over the past five years.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts