Of Many Things

Of Many Things

I arrived in Rome in the rain, grateful for the end of a long, bumpy flight. Though tempted to kiss the ground, mimicking Blessed John Paul II’s customary arrival gesture, I opted not to; in my case, rather than an act of pious humility, it would have been an act of desperate relief. My fellow

by Matt Malone, S.J.

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Dad’s Retirement“Getting to Work,” by Patricia Ranft (2/18), provided an informative view of the theology of work and the legacy of Catholic theology on labor. But her attempt to apply this legacy to the 21st-century United States sounded like a Paul Ryan campaign rant.What was she

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Recalcitrant Catholics

Paul Mariani S J has given us a first-rate product here All scholars of modern Chinese Christian history are in his debt as are all scholars of church history in any part of the world Mariani rsquo s strategy is simple To tell the story of the Communist attempt to subdue the recalcitrant Cath

by Daniel H. Bays

A Reality Unredacted

Reading Kill Anything That Moves was a disturbing and emotional experience for me I found myself tearing up gagging at times as I turned the pages The book released ghosts long buried in my psyche stirring memories of anger and bitterness anger at arrogant policymakers bitterness at a seeming

by Tom Fox

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Kissing the Cross

Kissing the cross,O precious cross,it blisters the lipslike the hot coalheld to Isaiah.O holy cross,there is a body on itwith a deep woundthe wound dealt by the worldto the hopes of God.O beautiful Godunrecognizablewho could not let us bein our blind man’s bluffour cruel humorsO spent fleshtha

by James S. Torrens, S.J.

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Encountering Hope

But we had hoped he was the one to redeem Israel rdquo There it is in a short summary sentence the end of their hope When hope is placed in the past tense it is over You get up share a last word and embrace with your friends dust yourself off and begin to walk…

by John W. Martens

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The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine will meet with the nation’s theological societies on March 16 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. • Three Republican House members on March 5 introduced a bill to protect the conscience rights of health care workers and e

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Conclave’s Key Issues?

As the Roman Catholic Church begins, at this writing, a conclave to elect a new pope, Catholics in the United States tend to view the scandal over sexual abuse by members of the clergy as the most important problem facing their church today. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Pew Rese

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