Why do so many Catholics still distrust Thomas Merton Forty years ago today Thomas Merton a Trappist monk and perhaps the most popular American Catholic writer in history stepped out of a bathroom shower during a visit to Bangkok Slipping on the wet floor he grabbed a poorly wired fan for supp

President-elect Obama should nationalize Amtrak rsquo s rail lines and build high-speed rail lines connecting major cities throughout the East Coast and Industrial Midwest Amtrak already receives a federal subsidy because it can rsquo t make a profit There are two major reasons it can rsquo t make

The agony of Jesus is finished as is his exhortation to watch and pray Now Mark asks his reader to contemplate the second part of the garden incident Jesus arrest The ones doing the arresting are not soldiers of the Roman army they are the Jewish public custodians of order in the Temple a

Still a Catholic Charity; The Faith of the Vice President Elect

Do Catholics really read the Bible?

Those Immortal Chaplains I cannot believe that in the article on military chaplaincy by John J. McLain, S.J. (“Showing God’s Face on the Battlefield,” 11/17), you did not tell the story behind the picture of that famous postage stamp which you used to illustrate the article; surely

Mark chose just three moments from the lengthy liturgical meal we call the Last Supper These moments are a contrast as betrayer and denier are foretold and Jesus self-giving preserved in the Eucharist is announced and explained Now it is time for Gethsemane The garden of Gethsemane is at the

Lisa Miller a senior editor at Newsweek who oversees all the mag s religion reporting and does a great job at it has a cover story posted online today nbsp on what the Bible says and may intend and doesn t say about same-sex marriages and homosexuality in general nbsp The most surpris

Michael Gerson begins his column this morning there is a problem with the Post website so I can t provide a link with a list of those cities attacked by Islamicist fanatics since 9 11 London Madrid Bali and now Mumbai The list is familiar but it is strange to see a former GOP operative recit

In the early part of Mark 14 we have preparatory notices The conspiracy against Jesus is set though the timing of the capture is still to be decided Jesus is anointed as a sign not simply of welcome to the table of Lazarus but of his impending death Judas Iscariot has decided to hand Jesus o