Pope Francis to Donald Trump, in just one year. How did we get here?
Today the pulse of American spiritual life is shifting. There is not just one pulse.
Of Many Things
How can we start a better conversation about abortion?
Can you be pro-life and a feminist? What about a pro-life socialist? Can a small-l libertarian support restrictions on abortion?
Letters
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Disillusionment Re “In Praise of Politics,” (Editorial 10/24): It seems to me that disillusionment extends far beyond politics. We look to our church and its leaders for unity and to speak out against those who treat the gift of life so poorly. We, the congregation, need our priests, church leaders and organizations to be on…
Editorials
What the church should do about Putin and Duterte
What can a nation or church do when its leaders mislead? Some political leaders take the “strong man” approach, using violence to win popular support and to distract from domestic problems.
Faith in Focus
What I learned in prison from ‘convict college’
Prisons don’t solve problems. They create problems.
Books
The Politics of Summer 1968 Live On
American Maelstrom examines the 1968 election by focusing on the personalities who sought the nation’s highest office.
What does free speech really mean?
The pervasiveness of the internet has changed the game and made issues of free speech far more complex than they have ever been.
A series of short stories that encounter spirituality in a refreshing, beautiful way
McFarlane says that she is “drawn to moments when people do things that are mysterious even to themselves.” The best-realized stories here are charged with these moments.
Theater
Like Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson will forever live in Shakespeare’s shadow.
Jonson set his play in Jacobean London—in Southwark and Blackfriars—in real time.
Poetry
Iphigenia Leaving Tauris
In the wind I lose the tumble of bone-white rocks down the hillside in summer
The Word
There is no Catholic civil war, regardless of what certain Catholic political pundits tell you.
“He has rescued us from the power of darkness” (Col 1:13)
Columns
Women are living in a new historical era. How will the church respond?
Mary is known most as “mother,” while many women today are single longer or single mothers.
Current Comment
Free (Hate) Speech on Facebook
It is surprising to see Mark Zuckerberg employ a moral defense of free speech.
Renewable energy: Ready for primetime?
The construction of an oil pipeline under a river that supplies drinking water to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has created a 19th-century-style showdown over territorial lands and treaty rights.
Louisiana’s spiteful marriage law is good for nothing but stigmatizing refugees
“We don’t want terrorists obtaining green cards and citizenship through marriage.”
Faith
There is no Catholic civil war, regardless of what certain Catholic political pundits tell you.
“He has rescued us from the power of darkness” (Col 1:13)
Cardinal Pell Answers Aussie Police Inquiry
Australian police questioned Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, in Rome regarding accusations of sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell was “voluntarily interviewed” by Victoria police in late October, said a statement on Oct. 26 from the cardinal’s office.
Unprecedented Preaching
One of the more intriguing questions Pope Francis prompted earlier this year when he announced that a Vatican commission would study whether the early church had women deacons was: How would Catholics react to women preaching?
Undercover Grief
At a distance “Under-cover Boss” would seem to be yet another of the “gotcha” surveillance series in which employers and detectives root out dishonest or incompetent employees.
From the start, Pope Francis has rejected status symbols
Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”
Women are living in a new historical era. How will the church respond?
Mary is known most as “mother,” while many women today are single longer or single mothers.
What the church should do about Putin and Duterte
What can a nation or church do when its leaders mislead? Some political leaders take the “strong man” approach, using violence to win popular support and to distract from domestic problems.
How student loans almost cost this nun her vocation
Apart from restricting life choices among young Catholics, debt also creates new relationship structures within their families based on guilt and co-dependence rather than on love.
Why payday predators aren’t following the ‘Year of Mercy’
The predatory loan industry’s lobby is powerful, and legislation is often gutted of any real power to protect the vulnerable.
Magazine
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Disillusionment Re “In Praise of Politics,” (Editorial 10/24): It seems to me that disillusionment extends far beyond politics. We look to our church and its leaders for unity and to speak out against those who treat the gift of life so poorly. We, the congregation, need our priests, church leaders and organizations to be on…
Philosopher's Notebook
Undercover Grief
At a distance “Under-cover Boss” would seem to be yet another of the “gotcha” surveillance series in which employers and detectives root out dishonest or incompetent employees.
Signs Of the Times
After-Brexit Worries
The U.K.’s Catholic Association for Racial Justice plans to identify and support specific groups who have become newly vulnerable since Brexit.
Cardinal Pell Answers Aussie Police Inquiry
Australian police questioned Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, in Rome regarding accusations of sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell was “voluntarily interviewed” by Victoria police in late October, said a statement on Oct. 26 from the cardinal’s office.
Catholic Caring
Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.
Unprecedented Preaching
One of the more intriguing questions Pope Francis prompted earlier this year when he announced that a Vatican commission would study whether the early church had women deacons was: How would Catholics react to women preaching?
As Mass Extinction Threatens, Are Catholics Listening to ‘Laudato Si’’?
Researchers say deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, “are pushing species populations to the edge.”
News Briefs
Iraqi Christians gathered on Oct. 25 at the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ainkawa, Turkey, to offer prayers of support for Iraqi forces pressing an offensive against the Islamic State around Mosul. • President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela met privately with Pope Francis an Oct. 24 as the Vatican began a mediation…
In South Africa, are student demonstrations a sideshow to the nation’s real problems?
Chaos and intransigence in the universities is matched by absurd criminal charges against a minister of finance who may only be doing his job too well.
Vatican Dispatch
From the start, Pope Francis has rejected status symbols
Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”
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