The popularity of The Davinci Code has spawned endless speculation about whether there’s a kernel of truth in this work of fiction: Did Jesus and Mary...
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On the evening of March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador was shot and killed while celebrating Mass in the chapel on the grounds of...
On a Sunday afternoon in spring, in the fading light of a church sacristy, a friend told me he was going away for a few weeks. And he needed me to know why...
Catholic social teaching has been called the church’s best-kept secret, but the biggest secret of all may be the church’s teaching on racism, says...
The other day my friend Alicia was telling me how sad and angry she felt when Hurricane Jeanne hit the poorest country of the Western hemisphere, Haiti...
“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours,” said Yogi Berra. You have to admit Yogi had a point, in his inimitable fashion. My...
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Chicago’s South Side was little more than 12 months old when a standing-room-only crowd of more than a thousand worshipers...
When he was in seminary, Martin E. Marty and his classmates used to play a game: If your denomination were removed from the earth, what would you be? Marty...
I see them all the time, naked white crosses on the shoulder of the road, on the other side of the ditch, at that bad curve on the highway. There’s one on a...
By Bob Zyskowski Maureen Rogers and Lanny Law, caught in a sudden downpour, took shelter in a little cafe and warmed up with some tea. After several hours of...
