Americans have a high tolerance for violence. Many concur with the death penalty for heinous crimes. Many support military intervention in foreign lands...
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Low (Sub Pop Records, 2013) The release of a new Low album often feels like an unexpected gift. Not that all of their albums are unqualified masterpieces, but...
Directed by Gus Van Sant (Focus Features, 2013) The film Promised Land asks the question: Who is the bad guy? Is it the big, greedy company that wants to...
Edited by Catherine Wolff (HarperOne, 2013) Before passing by yet another collection of “Catholic writers on X” in your real or virtual book...
Pope Benedict XVI will leave behind an enduring legacy—and some big challenges for his successor. A great grace of my life was to study theology in Rome during...
By Joe Paprocki (Loyola Press, 2013) How many of us endured years of boring religious education classes trying to stay awake and engaged? How many of our...
Here are some interesting new book releases for March: March 2013 I wasn’t dead when I wrote this: Advice given in the nick of time By Lisa-Marie Calderone...
Most popes take the job to their grave, but a few others before Benedict XVI have opted for early retirement. As news of Benedict XVI’s resignation broke...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-electors are caught in a Catch-22. They are eager to give the world a new pope; however, they need time to pick the right...
Pope Benedict kept us guessing—especially on matters of social justice. Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to become the first pope since Celestine V in 1294 to...
