Hollywood’s recent flood of slavery-themed films might be a sign that our nation is finally ready to confront the sins of its past. Theodore Parker, the...
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The young woman shared her difficult history, her crippling grief. Then she asked, “So what’s a chaplain again?” Hospitals, especially hospital emergency...
By Reza Aslan (Random House, 2013) Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth has stirred up plenty of controversy. Some critics fault...
The blessings of a college education often come with the curse of tens of thousands in loans. Catholic colleges are helping students get their degrees without...
By Katharine E. Harmon (Liturgical Press, 2013) Ellen Gates Starr, cofounder of Hull House and convert to Catholicism in 1920, was frustrated by “the apparent...
Why must a woman be seen as someone’s mother or sister to deserve respect and safety on a street in India—or anywhere? When I was 13 years old, a man in a...
The baptism of Jesus was more than just a symbolic swim. Today some people think that Jesus had original sin and needed to have it washed away. When we think...
One woman’s experience of incarceration exposed her to many of the issues emblematic of our country’s problems with prisons. Jenny Wagner is a former heroin...
Parish Name: Cross in the Woods Location: Indian River, Michigan Founded: 1948 Diocese: Gaylord Pastor: Father Michael Haney, O.F.M. Number of Parishioners:...
By Carol Lee Flinders (Orbis, 2013) In a previous study, Carol Lee Flinders profiled some of the best-known women among medieval Christian mystics: Teresa of...
