Four people involved in liturgy describe what they have observed.

A pastor reflects on the new Roman Missal.

Cambridge MA After the Harvard Graduation and just before Pentecost ldquo When the day of Pentecost had come they were all together in one place And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind and it filled the entire house where they were sitting Divided tongues

A reflection for National Vocation Awareness Week from a student discerning the call to religious life.

New scientific discoveries and old truths

The strike that changed America.

Cambridge MA Many readers of this blog will think of me as a progressive on interfaith matters one of those Jesuit liberals You may not know however that I am also with some regularity pilloried in the conservative Hindu blogosphere by journalists concerned about Christian aggression agains

In this year of grace 2012 given all the effort that the English-speaking Church is currently expending upon the words that we use in the liturgy it is a comfort to come to a day that almost preaches and prays itself Granted we still have to battle our way through the Third Edition of the Roman

Conservative Cafeterianism Thank you for two essays in your recent issue: “Remembering Justice,” by Peter Henriot, S.J., and “Blessed Are the Rich,” by John Kavanaugh, S.J. (11/14). Kavanaugh points out George Weigel’s consistent attempt to minimalize and “denigra

The sacrament of confession has seen profound changes through the centuries It began with sinners confessing grave sins in front of the bishop and the assembled congregation and then often receiving a life-time of penance During the Middle Ages confession metamorphosed into spiritual direction f