“Lead us not into temptation.” Christians have prayed these words so many times, it’s easy to slide over their meaning, but they are a bit curious...
Theology
We shouldn’t get hung up on the details surrounding Jesus’ birth, says this Bible scholar. As with any scripture story, there’s more here...
Church teaching has shifted away from damnation and now focuses on salvation. Is that a good thing? To a young girl attending Catholic school in the 1940s...
In the late 1980s, when Robert Orsi had just begun his work studying devotion to St. Jude, he had dinner with a prominent liturgist who had spent years...
India and the United States may be on opposite ends of the belief spectrum, but both cultures must make a case for God that includes everyone. In an age of...
Fra Angelico [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In Dante Allegheri’s epic poem Inferno, those words are inscribed over the gates of hell. Written in the...
Desperate to become parents, some Catholics are looking at science to help them conceive—despite church teaching against the process. When Erik Zimmerman comes...
Imagine yourself on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? For the milliondollar question Regis asks you: “The virginity of Mary refers to: (a) her Immaculate...
This column from the November 2001 issue in response to 9/11 comments that in the face of suffering we ought to seek a wisdom that can lead us out of the...
You are at the wedding of a beloved family member or friend, which is taking place at a Lutheran church. You gladly accepted the invitation to celebrate this...
