When it comes to enemies, we rarely think twice. Our response is emotional and reflexive. If something comes from them, we’re against it. Whatever it is...
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Corresponding Reader Survey: Catholics explain the heart of what they believe The first time I attended Mass was on a lunch break at my Protestant seminary. I...
Corresponding essay: For this Catholic, real presence is the heart of Catholicism In 1979 U.S. Catholic ran an essay titled “It makes a difference whether...
In 2013 the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) found that Christians are more likely than other religious groups to ask religious...
It is called the Church of the Holy Family, and this is most evident at Christmas. The pews are jammed with families—some broken, some evolving, some dearly...
On the Friday after Good Friday, when we should have been celebrating the Easter season, I received an email from one of my graduate students asking for my...
Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people? If someone asked you this question...
Easter morning, I got a text from a reporter who covers religion for the Washington Post. She had seen a Tweet from me the day before about an Easter letter...
For the first seven months of pregnancy, I made the same comment during every doctor’s visit: “I just want a boring pregnancy.” The youngest of four children...
Liturgists are sometimes fond of repeating an old theological principle: Lex orandi, lex credendi. Broadly, this means, “The way we pray shapes what we...
