The new translation of the liturgy will speak volumes about the church that prays it. November 28, 2010, the First Sunday of Advent, marks the beginning not...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
When it comes to economic growth, the express lanes are closed. You've probably heard friends complain about tie-ups in Los Angeles or Chicago or New York...
Only our better angels can guide us to interreligious understanding. American politics always seems to turn on the next "threat" to our security...
American birthright citizenship is downright Constitutional. The birther movement is at it again. No, I’m not talking about the fringe group that...
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...
Mother Earth can’t take much more of her human offspring’s hell-raising. Scientists tell us that, by their count, the universe is somewhere between 13 and 14...
Is there really only one way to make a Catholic household? Early in June, just as the U.S. Senate was debating a constitutional amendment banning same-sex...
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...
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...
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...
