Articles

The great awakening

The Second Vatican Council unleashed a wave of lay participation in the church—and there’s no turning back. Joan Higgins remembers when things began to change...

Love to Live

The Living Sisters (Vanguard, 2010) Nearly eight years ago in a cramped, dimly lit room illuminated by a few strings of white Christmas lights, I first became...

Pastoral discretion advised

Law must always be tempered by mercy if justice is to be truly served. Excommunication was once considered a passé feature of the ancient church, conjuring up...