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...
The Examined Life
Discover The Examined Life columns, highlighting the intersections between contemplation, lived faith, and social justice in daily life.
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...
Christians can manage to be the one church of Christ without agreeing on everything. A church divided over the role of women, at war over the place of gays and...
If there’s anything that will turn you off democracy, it has to be a U.S. presidential election. From obnoxious robo-calls to venomous attack ads to an inbox...
Though the pop hits of U2 may not be coming to a Catholic church near you,the latest eucharistic fad still has a lesson to offer. On this...
If you don't understand that, you're gonna love the new, old Latin Mass. The old German pastor of my first parish, Father Albert Henkel, was...
The abuse crisis will never be over without a full confession and a freely given absolution. The people of God in Los Angeles experienced collective jaw-drop...
We should honor God the Father by caring for our Mother Earth. A recent dispute among Christians brought the gospel to the front page once again in August. At...
