Respondents to a U.S. Catholic survey on the Bible are confident when it comes to scripture, but even they recommend reading the Good Book with knowledgeable...
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Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the...
Is the demand for ideological purity harming service to the poor? Social service agencies may want to add a new background check if they receive funding from a...
In a 1995 episode of the popular TV drama The X-Files, FBI agent Fox Mulder—a true believer in extraterrestrial life—has a quick exchange with his partner Dana...
Though some may see him as the grump of the New Testament, St. Paul is full of surprises. What’s the connection between St. Paul’s First Letter to the...
Liturgy is a river: We come to the same spot many times, yet never enter the same water twice. With the river, it’s because the water’s always in motion; the...
A student abroad observes how past and present shape the future of the Holy Land. October 4, 2010 In less than a week, I leave for a year-long Fulbright...
Jay Farrar, Jim James, et al. (Rounder Records, 2012) When the American folk icon Woody Guthrie died in 1967, he left behind reams of song lyrics but no music...
By Joan Chittister (Eerdmans, 2011) Joan Chittister’s admirers take up her books expecting to draw from a well of wisdom and insight. They approach a writer of...
A priest prone, his face to the floor, his arms stretched like broken wings. The chapel silent and expectant. Thorny-voiced Isaiah: “He was despised and...
