The Glamour of Evil: Looking beyond surface to find authentic joy
Fame is not known as a condition that makes it easier for people to be kinder human beings.
Create in Me A Just Heart: Treating pornography as a structure of sin
Pornography harms the common good by leading others to sin and damaging the community.
What Pilate Knew: Lessons from one of the Gospel’s most misunderstood figures
Fun fact: In the sixth century, the Coptic Church proclaimed Pontius Pilate a saint and a martyr.
Catholic Universities must teach faith across disciplines.
Wouldn’t there be something odd about a law school within which could be found a subgroup of students undertaking a ‘legal studies’ concentration?
Of Many Things
Two things you might not know about Jesuits
Two things you might not know about Jesuits
Letters
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Moral MaturityI think Bill McGarvey is being generous in “Credo…” (1/18), when he says the faith of many has not been thoughtfully engaged since their early teen years; I am not even sure how engaged it was in those years.I have found the writings of Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I., very illumin
Editorials
Pope Francis in Mexcio
It’s time to reframe the conversation in the U.S. about our southern neighbor.
Books
The Genius of Compassion
‘Simone Weil,’ by Simone Weil
Casualties of Resistance
‘The Cost of Courage,’ by Charles Kaiser
Force Born of Love
‘M. K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law,’ by Charles DiSalvo
Television
Faith and family in ‘Blue Bloods’
‘Blue Bloods’ makes us examine our own motives, relationships and faith.
The Word
Today’s Gospel: Jesus in the Desert
“It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God,and serve only him’”(Lk 4:8)
Columns
Resetting Interest on Usury for the Year of Mercy
We need to lose our tolerance for usury again.
Current Comment
For many in Congress, fundraising is more important than legislating.
Members tire of “a part-time Congress,” where fundraising has a higher priority than legislating
Celebrating Crispr
This research is at the very cutting edge of genetic science, and the technique it leverages has already occasioned both excitement and significant debate.
Zika Virus shows there is no ‘isolated illness’ in global age
Like the Ebola panic of 2014, Zika reminds the complacent of the affluent world of a kind of enforced solidarity with folks in poorer regions.
Of Other Things
My Identity, Complex
All these women are, even if only for a moment on canvas, just like us.
Signs Of the Times
Holy Thursday Decree
Pope Francis has reformed the ceremony of the washing of the feet during Mass on Holy Thursday by decreeing that henceforth it will be open to women too or, as he put it in a year-old decree that was published on Jan. 21, “to all the members of the People of God.” The relevant part…
Lori: Roe Anniversary Notable For New Threats to Human Dignity
A record snowfall that blanketed Washington and much of the East Coast prevented many from making it to Washington for the annual March for Life on Jan. 23. The snow also caused the cancellation of many of the events scheduled to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Roe decision that legalized abortion.
News Briefs
Pope Francis is increasingly turning his attention to the stars of Silicon Valley, meeting Apple’s C.E.O., Tim Cook, for a 15-minute conversation on Jan. 22 just days after shaking hands with Eric Schmidt from Google. • Israel’s appropriation of 380 acres of Palestinian agricultural
Push for Peace
Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, N.M., urged Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice to take renewed action to build on steps toward peace in the Middle East in separate letters on Jan 20. Bishop Cantú, who chairs the Committee on International Justice and Peace of
Speaking With Mercy
Use the power of communication to build bridges and heal wounds, not generate hatred or misunderstanding, Pope Francis said in his message for World Communications Day on Jan. 22. The Catholic Church must proclaim the truth and denounce injustice without alienating everyone in need of God’s he
China’s Unhappy New Year
China’s management of its economy has brought out not only bears, but wolves.
Flint Water Crisis Draws National Response as Donations Pour in
In Flint, Mich., jobs have been scarce for years, but crime and foreclosures have been on the rise. Domestic violence and depression are household scourges, and a steady population decline has made the running of the city and even its long-term viability increasingly tenuous. As if these and many mo
Vatican Dispatch
Will the Catholic Church Lose China?
Cardinal Zen does not trust the Chinese Communist administration.
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