Scripture Alone?: Rethinking the homily as a liturgical act
Rethinking the homily as a liturgical act
Preaching in a Vacuum: Why routine feedback on the Sunday homily is essential
Why routine feedback on the Sunday homily is essential
The New Man in Westminster: Introducing Archbishop Vincent Nichols
The appointment of Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, a former protégé of Cardinal Basil Hume, to the see of Westminster had long been expected, but for a time back in March seemed suddenly unlikely. “I couldn’t believe how nasty it was,” a journalist friend to
The View from Row 13: Scenes from Notre Dame’s 2009 commencement
Sitting in row 13, in the Joyce Center in South Bend, Ind., I watched with pride as my son graduated from the University of Notre Dame on May 17. Graduation is a moment to mark re-entry into the world for most students, but of course it was more than that for the thousands gathered at…
Barack Obama and Vatican II: The president’s persona and the spirit of the council
We have a Vatican II president. Barack Obama, I am sure, does not think of himself in those terms, but when I heard his speech at Grant Park in Chicago the night he was elected, and more recently his commencement address at Notre Dame, that is what immediately struck me. On those occasions he embodi
Restoring Earth’s Bounty: Can scientists and people of faith work together toward environmental renewal?
The “interconnectness of life” emerged as a popular phrase at a two-day conference in early May at Columbia University in New York City. Titled “Common Ground: Science and Religion in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future,” the gathering brought together a wide range of experts from the seemingly diverse fields of science and religion. Introducing…
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Avery Dulles: A portrait of the theologian as a young man
Letters
Letters
Counting the Cost Re “Slowing the Exodus,&rdquo by John J. DiIulio Jr. (5/11): One of the biggest tragedies in our church is that we are doing precious little to help teens grow in their understanding of their faith. Compared to mainline Protestant churches and mega-churches, which use many resource
Editorials
The Fourth Estate
A newspaper is a business but it is also a public trust, an indispensable check on abuses of power.
Faith in Focus
Hand in Hand: What ever happened to the sign of peace?
What ever happened to the sign of peace?
Books
Judge for Yourself
Elaine Showalter s book is a delightful literary voyage guided by a woman who truly knows the territory Neither an anthology nor an academic critique it is something quite original the first informed popular literary history of American women writers It was inspired by a question this distingui
Reach Higher, Live Better
Alan Wolfe’s ‘The Future of Liberalism,’ reviewed
Murder, Money, Mayhem
A review of Matt Beynon Rees’s “The Samaritan’s Secret”
Film
An Undertaking: The unexpected beauty of ‘Goodbye Solo’
“Goodbye Solo” deals with the human desire to help those in need–and the equal desire, in some, not to be helped.
Television
Everyone Loves Tina: A love letter to ’30 Rock’
30 Rock revels in pilfering from a multiplicity of pop culture sources and turning them on their heads.
New Media
YouTube Heresies: On today’s virtual Areopagus
Newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron on today’s virtual Areopagus
The Word
Empowering Spirit
Pentecost (B), May 31, 2009
Circles of Love
Most Holy Trinity (B), June 7, 2009
Catholic Book Club
May Selection
This is the fourth of five volumes—an undertaking of massive proportions and impeccable scholarship. The first volume in the series, The Roots of the Problem and the Person, set Jesus within his times and cultural context, reconstructed what can be surmised about his “hidden life” and concluded with Jesus approaching adulthood. The second volume, Mentor,…
Columns
Conscience Causes
Is the price of approval by the A.P.A. the betrayal of their conscience?
Current Comment
Current Comment
Padre Oprah and a Playboy President; The Markey Bill
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict’s ‘Pilgrimage of Peace
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel on May 11, the midpoint of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Obama Asked to Back Torture Commission
Catholic social justice organizations, petitioned President Obama to support the formation of an independent commission on the use of torture.
Changes Seen in Immigration Policy
Several rulings and policy announcements are effectively rolling back immigration policies initiated by the George W. Bush administration.
New Campaign Against Embryonic Research
The “Oppose Destructive Stem-Cell Research campaign encourages viewers to express opposition to proposed federal guidelines.
News Briefs
Father Robert J. Cornell died May 10 at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wis.
Advocates Assess Prospects for Reform
“We’re very hopeful that significant health reform is going to happen,” said Jeff Tieman of the Catholic Health Association.
Few Gazans Attended Papal Mass
Only 48 residents of the Gaza Stripabout half as many as originally reportedwere able to attend the papal Mass in Bethlehem.
Economic Crisis Increases Suffering of Refugees
Migrants and refugees tend to be the first to lose their jobs, in part because “their status is called into question.”
Congressmen Call for Conscience Protection
At a press conference in Washington, D.C., two Congressmen urged Obama to forgo rescinding the Bush administration’s conscience-protection regulation.
Irish Church, Government Leaders Welcome Report
The 2,600-page report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse “throws light on a dark period of the past.”
New Briefs
A relief worker who recently returned from Pakistan’s Swat Valley said the civilians displaced by a government crackdown face “horrible conditions.”
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Culture
Vatican
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