Sacrifice was certainly a central factor in the catholic spirituality of my youth. We attended the "sacrifice of the Mass" daily. Sacrifice was not...
Theology
In June of 1997, while on retreat at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, I had an opportunity to talk at some length with Father Godfrey...
What have been the most influential books published in the Catholic world in the past generation? I expanded the scope of that question to include the three...
Among the remarkable side effects of the conflict between the United States and Iraq has been the revival of the just war theory, the set of ethical...
Back in the day, the rock band The Doors performed a song titled “Petition the Lord with Prayer.” Its refrain ran-in contrast to the title...
“Since many have undertaken,” St. Luke begins his gospel, “to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, I...
Francisco J. Ayala, a professor of evolutionary biology and philosophy at the University of California-Irvine, is both an expert in the field of evolution and...
The diverse challenges of a struggling world need local solutions from a flexible church. Among the theologians of the Second Vatican Council, the name of...
"For a child has been born for us, a son given to us… he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." These...
When you whispered a prayer this morning while sipping your coffee and eating your toast, to whom exactly did you pray? An old man with a beard somewhere...
