It is not always as easy spiritually to receive Communion as it is physically.

Pastoral theologians are attentive to the actual experience of believers trying to live their Christian lives.

Although most agree that the Land O’ Lakes statement has had a pervasive influence on Catholic higher education over the last 50 years, many have seen its influence as unconstructive or simply pernicious.

Instead of the fusty old churchman we all know, Sarah Ruden’s Augustine is a dreamer, an artist, a poet.

Before Father Rother died for his people, he had farmed with them, listened to them and spoken of God to them.

On this feast, we concentrate upon the Eucharistic elements themselves: the bread and the wine, which become the very presence of Christ in our midst.