An overlooked moment in obituaries of Henry Kissinger is the trial of the Harrisburg Seven: activists, many of whom were priests and women religious, who were accused of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger in 1970.
History
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
How money works in the Gospel—and what that teaches us about Jesus
When we have asked the Father for the bread that will keep us alive for one more day, he tells us to pray as follows: Cancel my debts, forgive my failure to do what I promised, my inability to do what I ought to do, just as I have canceled the debts of those who owed me money and could not pay.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A Jesuit Thanksgiving football tradition turns 100
On Nov. 23, the Fordham Prep Rams and the Xavier Knights will meet on Thanksgiving Day for the 100th time, a landmark matchup for the fourth-oldest high school football rivalry in American history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Thanksgiving: America magazine’s favorite secular holiday
Thanksgiving may not be a religious holiday, strictly speaking, but in the pages of ‘America’ it has always been recognized as a holy day.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The mystery of Thomas Aquinas: Why did he leave his ‘Summa’ unfinished?
Thomas Aquinas’s ‘Summa Theologiae’ is perhaps the most important philosophical/theological work in Christian history. Why didn’t the Angelic Doctor finish it?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Peter Brown’s memoir details a life of joyful scholarship
Peter Brown’s ‘Journeys of the Mind’ presents a very attractive picture of one man’s life immersed in the world of books and arguments—one that also seems like a lot of fun.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What can ordinary Catholics do to change unjust laws? A story about anti-Nazi activism offers possibilities
Many of us regular folks, powerless folks, are intimidated by the possible danger of opposing hateful statutes carried out in our name.
Posted inArts & Culture, Explainer
How the Osage Nation became Catholic: The hard truths in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” explores a moment in American history not often read in history books—and not always reckoned with by our churches and country.
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Pope Francis wants the synod to be a political community—but one based on faith, not interest
Most modern constitutional states today describe themselves as republics. Such republics sound as though they have a lot in common with Catholic social teaching. They do.
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What a failed 18th-century synod—and a talking point for Archbishop Viganò—can teach us about synodality
The ghost of Pistoia is by now quite experienced at haunting Catholic memories.