A show that skewers show business strikes a slippery bargain with its audience, and it can backfire. While we may smile knowingly at its insights into backstage chicanery and the cynicism of producers, and enjoy its winking parodies of other, implicitly lesser shows, a piece of entertainment intende
Many theological reasons for Jesus rsquo baptism have been proposed explaining it as a sacramental model for the church an act of solidarity with sinful humanity or ldquo a manifestation of his self-emptying rdquo Catechism of the Catholic Church No 1224 but any answer must stress that ld
The late Rev. Richard McBrien said he didn't "hold things back.” We are richer for it.
Ash Wednesday’s marked foreheads represent far more than personal piety.
Violence against women, cultural pressures regarding women’s physical appearance, attitudes that subjugate women or that ignore male-female differences and the growing alienation of women from the church in some parts of the world are themes the Pontifical Council for Culture is set to explore
The cause for the beatification of Chiara Lubich, founder of the international Focolare Movement, was opened on Jan. 27 in a celebration in the Cathedral of Frascati, near Rome. • Shower facilities for homeless people in Rome will open in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 15, but the service wil