Mass could use the hard dose of reality offered by those recovering from addiction. I go to church every Sunday with a bunch of addicts. Well...
The Examined Life
U.S. women religious deserve better than the nunsense of a Vatican investigation. It must be hard being a Sister in America. You spend a century creating a...
Catholics shouldn't let single-issue politics deprive us of our hard-won place at the heart of America's democracy. Ah, spring. A warming sun melts the...
Lent is a good time to call time-out on our First World feeding frenzy. "Eat the world” is the slogan of the food court at a high-end Magnificent...
Now is not the time to rush World War II's pope to a place among the beatified. "But why now?" came the bewildered question from my fellow...
Catholics must focus on the battle for hearts and minds to be successful in the effort to end abortion. The United States will make history this month...
The global fight against HIV and AIDS requires all the means at our disposal. Thirty-three million. Twenty-five million. Eleven million. These numbers are...
Among the many victims of the Iraq war have been our own fellow Catholics. I have a confession to make: Back in 2003, when the Bush administration directed our...
Pumping up priesthood at the expense of lay ministry is no way to renew the church. The full, conscious, and active participation of laypeople in the liturgy...
Catholic institutions should play host to this year’s electoral contests. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Communion, election-year...
