Catholic Voices

First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.

America the anxious

Only our better angels can guide us to interreligious understanding. American politics always seems to turn on the next "threat" to our security...

Will the center hold?

The church as we know it won’t last if its broad middle begins to shrink. Pop culture journalists had the brass ring of celebrity stories dropped on them in...

Pastoral discretion advised

Law must always be tempered by mercy if justice is to be truly served. Excommunication was once considered a passé feature of the ancient church, conjuring up...

Let’s do shots!

Booze and bullets are a lethal cocktail no matter how you shake it. Lovers of freedom suffered a temporary setback in May when Tennessee Govenor Phil Bredesen...

Bombs away

President Obama wants to lock up nukes—but he isn’t about to throw away the key. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was arguably a culmination of the hope...

Take your time

For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven. On goes the alarm: 6 a.m. thirteen minutes of news, weather, and traffic. 6:13. Out...