The world's poor face an even bleaker future than polar bears, thanks to global warming. Global warming has proved one of the rare issues capable of...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
The annual Woodstock for Catholic social justice geeks, the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, opened this morning with a keynote address from...
The first (and most ignored) rule of preaching the gospel: "Know your audience." A friend's birthday party occasioned one of the odder questions...
Have infertile couples taken a maternity leave of their senses? Beginning in the mid-1970s, Americans watched generations of manufacturing jobs outsourced...
Instead of shooting rhetorical spitballs in the other's general direction, boosters of both science and religion should start sharing a desk. In the...
There's no place like home, as long as parents prevent it from becoming toxic. Thoroughly modern parents of the late 20th century might have cracked open a...
Millions have headed for the exits without getting the best of what we have to offer. "Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior...
A 19th-century mode of transport may be the answer to our current environmental woes. A future of diminishing energy and transportation resources...
A first-time mom sees Easter anew through the eyes of her infant son. For Lent last year, I gave up Easter. To be more precise, I gave up the Easter and Holy...
By Tom McGrath This article appeared in the January 1999 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 64, No. 1, pages 27-31). Should the church make a big deal out of the...
