President Obama wants to lock up nukes—but he isn’t about to throw away the key. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was arguably a culmination of the hope...
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No one can strike terror in the heart of a grownup quite like a 16-year-old girl. Many people call me “Father” (I’m a Catholic priest), but...
For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven. On goes the alarm: 6 a.m. thirteen minutes of news, weather, and traffic. 6:13. Out...
“Stand still and allow the strange, deadly restlessness of our tragic age to fall away like the worn-out dusty cloak that it is.” —Catherine de Hueck Doherty...
By Stephen Prothero (HarperOne, 2010) In the comparative study of religion, there are two main lines of thought, both of which use the analogy of mountain...
Immigrants today experience economic, social, legal, and pyschological crucifixions. Last April I was working on a video documentary on the U.S.-Mexican border...
With Mexican, American, and Mexican American cultures mixing at parishes, Gary Riebe-Estrella recommends a good dose of patience and understanding. When...
One day I was home, a familiar comfortable place; the next day I was a stranger in a strange land. It was Nov. 3, 1960, the date of my exile from my home in...
Hispanic Catholics will soon be the majority in the U.S. church but they are still often relegated to the basement. It’s time to bring Hispanic ministry...
Dispatches from the history of Hispanic Catholics in the United States. From colonial times until recently, Hispanic Catholics in lands now in the United...
