In the penultimate period of life you nbsp get to nbsp embark on spiritual paths not taken in hectic youth One way I rsquo ve done this is to reread with a remedial eye Elizabeth Johnson rsquo s great book Quest for the Living God Here you can encounter the Gospel in all its fullness If you want

Because popular culture provides so much of the palette for making sense of life today -- including making faith-sense -- especially for recent generations I like to learn about what aspects of pop culture connect with people at influential points in their lives Over the last six months I have be

There rsquo s something wrong or at least not quite right about Corpus Christi the medieval feast established by Pope Urban IV in 1263 Like Trinity Sunday and the American holiday of Thanksgiving it involves an ignorance about Eucharist in the ancient Church What rsquo s wrong with Trinity Sund

ldquo Do they know who she is rdquo My friend a strongly committed Catholic law professor from the Midwest almost burst out as we strode down 10th Ave last night on the way to dinner Did they know she is one of the most influential and most respected intellectual leaders in the America church

I rsquo ve wrestled with the USCCB Religious Liberty campaign for some time I support its big-picture goals but so much about its tone argument timing and politics leaves me concerned None of that seemed worth putting in a post Michael Moreland rsquo s helpful sympathetic engagement with rd

A statement from the seven Franciscan OFM Provinces in the United States in support of the Leadership Conference of nbsp Women Religious has been released nbsp This is the first men s religious order nbsp publicly declare their solidarity with the LCWR and also to critique the Vatican s Doctrina