An interview with the provocative culture critic with James Martin, S.J. from 1994

Culture critic on American feminism, post-structuralism and Pope Francis

Hindu epics sheds light on Gospel transformation, mission and duty

Even in Washington there are things more important than politics There are losses more profound than an election defeat or the failure of a piece of legislation When we lose someone who reminds us of what is important and what is not there are lessons for personal public and religious life For

lsquo Twas back in 1845 when you went across the wide AtlanticTo see for yourself what oppression in another place was likeYou were a freed Black man who put foot in a country not your ownBut one for which you quickly came to have the greatest empathy for despite your Anglophile sympathies You had

This Washington winter has not brought us much snow There have been repeated waves of Arctic cold for several days at a time punctuated by some strikingly mild days In one break 10 days ago the mercury climbed to 67 degrees and then plummeted again into the teens and 20s Most of our precipitatio