The Unspeakable: The Boston Marathon and the beginning of Christian hope
The Boston Marathon and the beginning of Christian hope
The Divided Kingdom: Margaret Thatcher’s historic and haunting legacy
Margaret Thatcher’s historic and haunting legacy
A Post-Catholic Ireland?: Renewing the Irish church from within
Renewing the Irish church from within.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
In the minds of many Britons, Margaret Thatcher was either the messiah or Mephistopheles.
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Weaving It TogetherI appreciated the focus on the new evangelization in the April 22 issue. “Mass Evangelization,” by Scott W. Hahn, proceeded further and deeper into the eucharistic mystery and its call, “Do this in memory of me.” Cultic practices rightly understand the cent
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Life, Not Death
How we respond to events of inexplicable violence both reflects and shapes our values.
Faith in Focus
I Remember Mary: Can we revive a classic Catholic name?
I’m a Mary. My mom is a Mary. My older sister is a Bridget Mary. Although I was born in the decline-of-Mary era, I was never the sole Mary around, because I attended Catholic school, although some of my fellow Marys got to go by their middle names or nicknames. As a child, I wished…
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After Eden
‘God’s Reign & the End of Empires’ by Antonio González
When the Messiah Comes
‘The War Within’ by Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin
Populism and Poverty
When things go wrong in Latin America, the tendency is to write new laws or a new constitution.
The Word
God in Relationship
The mystery at the heart of human life is discovered in our relationships whose outlines might be simply explained but that are ineffable at the core How we love and live for one another defies description We struggle for words to make real what we know through experience When one of my sons as
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A Mother’s Love
Much as I admire his writing, I could not countenance Colm Toibin’s Mary.
Liberty or Death
The men in Guantánamo are bearing witness to the human need for dignity and freedom.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Shocking Assaults in India: Courage on the Court; Poverty and Generosity
Signs Of the Times
Gang Truce Sought In Honduras
Msgr. Romulo Sánchez has begun a dialogue with the country’s main criminal gangs.
Jordan, Lebanon Struggle Under Refugee Deluge
Nearly 2.5 million refugees are now scattered in camps in states bordering Syria.
‘Irresponsible’ Decision
The Food and Drug Administration “acted irresponsibly” with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unsup
New Priests: Reviewing the Class of 2013
The median age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2013 is 32; two-thirds are Caucasian.
News Briefs
The Rev. Scott Deeley, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, said that while the church “won’t be telling people how to vote” in the fall 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, “some bishops have indicated unofficially they’d have no p
Power Review
The need for improved relationships and a rebuilding of trust in the church is the message that emerged from a meeting of the International Union of Superiors General, which opened in Rome on May 3. The conference brought together 800 leaders of women’s religious communities worldwide. The hea
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