EDITORIALS

Current Comment

Padre Oprah and a Playboy President; The Markey Bill By The editors

The Fourth Estate

A newspaper is a business but it is also a public trust, an indispensable check on abuses of power. By The editors

ARTICLES

Preaching in a Vacuum

Why routine feedback on the Sunday homily is essential By Chris Chatteris

Scripture Alone?

Rethinking the homily as a liturgical act By Edward Foley

BOOKS & CULTURE

FILM

An Undertaking

The unexpected beauty of 'Goodbye Solo' By John A. Coleman

NEW MEDIA

YouTube Heresies

On today's virtual Areopagus By Robert Barron

TELEVISION

Everyone Loves Tina

A love letter to '30 Rock' By Jake Martin

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

Conscience Causes

Is the price of approval by the A.P.A. the betrayal of their conscience? By John F. Kavanaugh

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Pope Benedict's 'Pilgrimage of Peace’, Obama Asked to Back Torture Commission, Changes Seen in Immigration Policy, more ...

FAITH IN FOCUS

Hand in Hand

What ever happened to the sign of peace? By Jim McDermott

OF MANY THINGS

Avery Dulles: A portrait of the theologian as a young man By John W. Donohue

BOOK REVIEWS

A Jury of Her Peers, The Samaritan’s Secret, The Future of Liberalism

THE WORD

Circles of Love

Most Holy Trinity (B), June 7, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

THE WORD

Empowering Spirit

Pentecost (B), May 31, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

LETTERS

WEB ONLY

Barack Obama and Vatican II

By John W. O'Malley

Restoring Earth's Bounty

By George M. Anderson

The New Man in Westminster

By Austen Ivereigh

The View from Row 13

Web only: Scenes from Notre Dame's 2009 commencement By John Feister