Catholics have picked the winner of the popular vote for nine presidential elections in a row. Will they do it again in 2008? A few years ago, when Washington...
Expert Witness
Explore Expert Witness, U.S. Catholic’s Q&A series with theologians, scholars, and activists offering insights on faith, justice, and contemporary issues.
Last year father James Chukwuma Okoye C.S.SP. went home to Nigeria for a visit. He had no sooner gone to church for Sunday Mass than he found himself...
Sister Catherine Bertrand, S.S.N.D. entered religious life on a dare. "It was either that or the Peace Corps." After 25 years she continues to be...
The U.S. is locked into a correctional system that encourages people to commit more crimes, according to criminologist Jerome Miller. It may be an immediate...
Imagine being a supporter of the Vietnam antiwar movement and the son of a lieutenant general who is the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Imagine...
Will Saint Paul’s letters to the Romans play in Peoria? In an interview, Father Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J. offers clues to understanding the evangelizer whose...
How did your love for the Bible develop? I became interested in scripture as a boy. I stutter sometimes, and when I heard that Moses stuttered-that he was...
Jack Miller, author of Healing Our Losses: A Journal for Working Through Your Grief (1993), doesn't tell peple how to grieve-only that they must grieve...
You are critical of the prevailing view among Catholics of their own history and role in the United States. What is the story line of the tradition you call...
You've taught scripture for virtually all of your adult life. What led you to devote your life to it? When I was growing up, the Bible was not an honored...
