In late 1995 Archbishop Desmond Tutu was looking forward to his retirement when South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela appointed him chairperson of the...
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By Timothy Beal (HarperOne, 2009) Timothy Beal wants you-to read the Bible. Actually, he's making the case that everybody should. His argument is simple...
Yo La Tengo (Matador Records, 2009) First off, Yo La Tengo is not a salsa band. They're not even Hispanic. They are white, artsy-bohemian types in their...
The nation's most vulnerable children are getting the short end of the spending stick. Spending more and getting less: sound familiar? A recent assessment...
The high pitch of pro-life advocacy could heed some old-fashioned parental guidance. I normally wouldn't pass as an applause line, but Archbishop Michael...
Like any enlisted man or woman, Catholic chaplains have go training, and they don't get special treatment. U.S. Navy chaplain Father David Daigle, a...
The key to a thriving parish is not so much what goes on inside, says this longtime pastor, but what its members are doing beyond its walls. In his book...
While Catholic moral teaching on medical treatment has been in place for hundreds of years, the last three decades have seen increased development and debate...
Making decisions about end-of-life care can feel emotionally and spiritually overwhelming, especially when the decisions are for someone else. Here are seven...
When it comes to caring for the terminally ill, Catholics sometimes struggle to decide when enough is enough. Last December Tina and Jeff Jankowski were...
