A Punch List: Priorities for the next pope
Priorities for the next pope
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The expression “people of God,” then, is a summons to unity, a symbol of the one body of Christ.
Letters
Letters
Remember MaryknollIn “Statements in Stone” (2/18), James T. Keane writes about church-related buildings built pre-1965, and then the less ornate built after the Second Vatican Council. We always thought that one of the outcomes of Vatican II was that the church hierarchy was required to
Editorials
A Solitary Scandal
Who goes to the hole, and for how long, is often decided with little or no due process.
Vantage Point
A Pope for a Global Church: The contemporary world requires a successor of Peter who can teach and direct the entire people of God.
Conscious of his pastoral responsibility for the whole flock of Christ, Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical letter “Ut Unum Sint” (No. 96) invited leaders and theologians of other churches to suggest ways in which the papal office, without prejudice to its essential features, could
Books
A Legacy Brought to Life
John W. O’Malley’s Trent recounts the church’s seminal 16th century council.
Failure to Communicate
John Thavis offers a highly readable glimpse into the power structure of the Vatican.
The Living Presence of God
ldquo There are innumerable books about Jesus rdquo So begins the preface of Gerhard Lohfink rsquo s volume Jesus of Nazareth translated from the German original So why another Jesus book In the first place Lohfink contends that every generation must encounter Jesus anew Even more pressing
Art
Pure Painting: The birth of abstraction
Delighting in the revelations of “Inventing Abstraction,” now at MOMA
The Word
Palm Reading
Palm Sunday of the Passion of our Lord (C), March 24, 2013
Columns
Habemus Humor?
Let’s pray for a pope who takes God and the church seriously—but not himself.
Saints in the City
The Catholic imagination of the Irish playwright Teresa Deevy
Current Comment
Current Comment
A Listening Church; For God and Country?; Courageous Forgiveness
Faith
Habemus Humor?
Let’s pray for a pope who takes God and the church seriously—but not himself.
Quo Vadis?: Reflections on the shape of the church to come
Just southeast of Rome stands the small church of St. Mary in Palmis, better known as the Church of Domine Quo Vadis. It takes its name from the legend of St. Peter’s meeting with Christ as he flees persecution in Rome. “Lord, where are you going?” Peter asks. “To Rome to be
Signs Of the Times
Iraq: Renewed Fears of Sectarian Conflict
Car bombings and sectarian tension generated a sense of renewed crisis in Iraq during February.
Defending the Ati
The Philippine island of Boracay is a tourist paradise; it is also the scene of abuse and violence suffered by its indigenous people, the Ati. The church in the Philippines is by their side to defend their rights and perhaps protect their very existence, said Bishop Sergio Utleg, president of the Ph
U.N. Asserts Immunity Against Cholera Claims
The United Nations has taken the rare step of invoking its legal immunity to rebuff claims for compensation from victims of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the worst outbreak of the disease in modern times. Citing a convention laid down in 1946 that offers immunity from such legal claims, U.N. Secret
Indonesia: Religious Minorities Threatened
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the country’s religious minorities from growing intolerance and violence, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. The report documents government failure to confront militant groups, whose harassment and assaults on houses of worship and me
News Briefs
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia was named apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh on Feb. 28, temporarily replacing Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who resigned on Feb. 18 and then dramatically acknowledged on March 3 that he was guilty of sexual misconduct throughout his c
After the Scandals, Cardinals Look to Reform Roman Curia
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said that the pope’s “own house has to be put in order.”
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts