Lent’s 40 days should disturb our consumer complacency. The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,” says the Gospel of Mark to open Lent this year. Unlike in...
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Parents have much to say about the church and their children. The young priest preached on the sanctity of life at a Denver hospice. Afterward an older couple...
New state laws and the failure of immigration reform are taking a heavy toll on children and families. Carlos Rodriguez has been receiving letters and...
Want to know more about new state immigration laws? We’ve done the research. In the following states, immigration legislation has been proposed to: ALABAMA –...
The question of exactly when the eucharistic gifts become Christ’s Body and Blood has commanded attention and debate for centuries. From the supper at...
Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend...
Between Heaven and Mirth By James Martin, SJ (HarperOne, 2011) Perhaps I am not the best person to review this book. Although not completely humorless, I have...
People who think of “liberation theology” as a 1960s fad should get to know Fordham University Professor Michael Lee, one of a new generation of...
The history of African American Catholicism began with the arrival of the Spanish settlers in the 16th century in Florida. In fact, on the first page of the...
Learning to Die in Miami By Carlos Eire (Free Press, 2011) In 1962 Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children evacuated from Cuba by Catholic parents who believed...
