Simply defined, to sin is to say “no” to God. It is a rejection of God’s free gifts as well as the grace-filled relationship that God always offers. It is to...
Theology
This is an article that appeared in the October 1973 issue of U.S. Catholic. We are publishing it as part of our 75th anniversary celebration. Lost in the...
Two decades ago a remarkable woman died. The New York Times carried her obituary; the Jackson, Mississippi NBC affiliate televised her funeral; Mike Wallace...
The ancient Greek word hairesis meant “choice” and identified one’s intellectual “choice” among the many philosophies of late antiquity. The word originally...
Have you ever had a fist fight about the natures of Christ? If you have, you would fit right in among ancient Christians, says this church historian...
The current debates about God’s existence hardly lift us up to transcendence. Karen Armstrong shares a vision of faith that is less about proofs than practice...
The Vatican’s October 2009 announcement of a special process to admit Anglicans to the Roman Catholic Church raised questions for many who perhaps thought that...
Recommended resources on the end of the world, the Second Coming, and eschatology: Father Dermot Lane, an Irish Jesuit and the president of the Mater Dei...
Joyce Donahue first became aware of the popularity of the Rapture belief among Catholics a few years ago when a catechist at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in...
Along with oceans flooding over Himalayan peaks, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy crashing into the White House, and the statue of Christ the...
