Jesuit School Spotlight
Two Jesuit grads who fought in Vietnam honor their classmate who protested it
In 1960, three young men graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and set out on paths that would painfully clash as the Vietnam War unfolded.
Of Many Things
Pope Francis is one of the oldest popes in history—but he’s showing no sign of slowing down.
87 is the new 60 at the Vatican.
Your Take
Our readers on creating a church that welcomes L.G.B.T. Catholics
In her feature, Eve Tushnet describes a curriculum she is creating to welcome young L.G.B.T. Catholics. The article elicited numerous responses from our readers.
Editorials
Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
Short Take
Catholic colleges: Do less if you want to save your religious mission
Many Catholic colleges are facing an existential crisis. The prudent strategy is to identify what makes them distinctive and seek a niche where they can flourish.
Dispatches
Catholic schools in 2023 at a glance
Catholic schools have endured a whipsaw from the Covid-19 pandemic in recent years.
Will a united Ireland celebrate a holiday that marks a Protestant victory over a Catholic king?
A proposal to make “the 12th” an all-Ireland holiday has not been not met with a warm reception. A former government minister described the popular response as “a mixture of diatribe and incredulity.”
‘Push the people back into the water.’ Texas bishops condemn inhumane border policies after leaked email
In an email exchange between a Texas state trooper and his supervisor, the trooper reported receiving orders in encounters with migrating people that he called “inhumane.”
Anti-Christian incidents are on the rise in Jerusalem’s Old City
A journalist in Israel, dressed as a priest, was spat on by ultra-orthodox Jewish extremists. Attacks against Christian groups in the region are increasing over recent years.
GoodNews
A former convent gives adults with autism an independent living option in New York
Young adults with autism have few places to turn when the services they received as children end. This leads many autistic adults to live at home for years with parents who worry for their children as they age.
Features
Catholic schools attracted students during the pandemic. Can they keep them?
Schools face changing realities, including geographic population shifts, questions about affordability and a generation of parents who are less likely to participate in Catholic life than their parents or grandparents were.
The Catholic Church has the potential to change the world. Are we squandering it?
The Holy Spirit’s work in the world is to orient and nurture creation continually toward the God of life and beauty.
Faith and Reason
50 years later, Gustavo Gutierrez’s ‘A Theology of Liberation’ remains prophetic.
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s ‘A Theology of Liberation’ was first published in English 50 years ago. That first edition served as a primary introduction to a new way of doing theology and becoming church with the poor and insignificant.
Faith in Focus
Exclusive Excerpt: What can the story of Lazarus teach us about new life?
The newest book by James Martin, S.J., inspires us to ask: Do you believe that Jesus can give you new life?
My Catholic grammar school is closing. Is our church dying or being reborn?
Is it my role to serve as witness to the death of something? Or should I be forging ahead to create something new?
Ideas
The Case Against ‘Dead Poets Society’
Mr. Keating and his real-life counterparts now dominate secondary and post secondary education. That’s a problem.
Books
Review: A Florida family’s explosive life
in ‘Fireworks Every Night,’ the debut novel by Beth Raymer, is an ode to Florida—to the rattlesnakes, the humid heat and the Palm Beach pretensions of those who out of necessity live a life apart from that glitz and glamor.
Review: Biography opens new windows into the life of MLK
Jonathan Eig’s new biography, ‘King: A Life,’ is the first major biography of Martin Luther King Jr. in decades and will take its place among the foremost of the many treatments of King.
Review: Henri Nouwen’s profound encounters in Ukraine
Henri Nouwen’s observations in ‘Ukraine Diary’ are even more relevant today than they were at the time of his writing, offering valuable insight into the ongoing tragedy of the war in Ukraine.
The wit and wisdom of John Tracy Ellis
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan reviews Msgr. Thomas Shelley’s ‘John Tracy Ellis: An American Catholic Reformer,’ calling it “a well-documented yet very readable biography of the ‘dean’ of American Catholic history.”
Poetry
Sin of Omission
All night, God peers from his gilded case, nothing to do but wait for morning
Men of Clay
God dwells in the thick darkness
Last Take
The bishops’ pastoral plan for Latino ministry should matter to all Catholics
The U.S. bishops recently approved plans for a synodal church with vibrant parish communities that include Hispanic/Latino Catholics. All Catholics are invited to participate, and all will benefit.
Faith
Exclusive Excerpt: What can the story of Lazarus teach us about new life?
The newest book by James Martin, S.J., inspires us to ask: Do you believe that Jesus can give you new life?
Two Jesuit grads who fought in Vietnam honor their classmate who protested it
In 1960, three young men graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and set out on paths that would painfully clash as the Vietnam War unfolded.
50 years later, Gustavo Gutierrez’s ‘A Theology of Liberation’ remains prophetic.
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s ‘A Theology of Liberation’ was first published in English 50 years ago. That first edition served as a primary introduction to a new way of doing theology and becoming church with the poor and insignificant.
Catholic schools attracted students during the pandemic. Can they keep them?
Schools face changing realities, including geographic population shifts, questions about affordability and a generation of parents who are less likely to participate in Catholic life than their parents or grandparents were.
The Catholic Church has the potential to change the world. Are we squandering it?
The Holy Spirit’s work in the world is to orient and nurture creation continually toward the God of life and beauty.
Our readers on creating a church that welcomes L.G.B.T. Catholics
In her feature, Eve Tushnet describes a curriculum she is creating to welcome young L.G.B.T. Catholics. The article elicited numerous responses from our readers.
Pope Francis is one of the oldest popes in history—but he’s showing no sign of slowing down.
87 is the new 60 at the Vatican.
Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
The bishops’ pastoral plan for Latino ministry should matter to all Catholics
The U.S. bishops recently approved plans for a synodal church with vibrant parish communities that include Hispanic/Latino Catholics. All Catholics are invited to participate, and all will benefit.
My Catholic grammar school is closing. Is our church dying or being reborn?
Is it my role to serve as witness to the death of something? Or should I be forging ahead to create something new?
A former convent gives adults with autism an independent living option in New York
Young adults with autism have few places to turn when the services they received as children end. This leads many autistic adults to live at home for years with parents who worry for their children as they age.
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