Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal church and local churches.
History
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The Millennium and the Papalization of Catholicism
Everyone has been trying to see the big picture. We have been bombarded with a certain type of question. Who is the man or woman of the century—better, of the millennium? What are the happenings in the past thousand years that most changed the course of history?
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
American Catholic Panorama: From April 14, 1962
Some day you would like to write a book about Catholicism in America as you have known it. You keep putting it off, and the relentless years keep passing. The book will probably never be written.
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
The Church and the Fiction Writer: From March 30, 1957
From 1957, a classic essay by Flannery O’Connor, who died 50 years ago on Sunday.