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...
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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...
Those more familiar with Jack Kerouac’s dissolute public life than with his literary output may be surprised to see him numbered among Catholic authors. But...
The first thing you notice about Thich Nhat Hanh is that he walks really, really slowly. he also speaks very deliberately. And when he wants a sip of tea, he...
My Roman collar caused Mrs. H. to hesitate. She knew I was a gay Catholic priest, but she also recalled a sermon in which her pastor had said that unless gay...
On the seventh centenary on the birth of St. Bridget of Sweden, the pope sent a message to St. Bridget’s Order of the Most Holy Savior, praising its foundress...
Just because Rosemary Radford Ruether is getting close to retirement doesn’t mean she’s going to stop stirring things up. First as a civil rights activist and...
The jackhammer blast of gunfire ripped me from my sleep. Normally, late-night street sounds on Route de Delmas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are no more alarming...
