Church teaching is the same always and everywhere—except when it isn’t. Using the words “pope” and “condom” in the same sentence is bound to draw attention;...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
The country’s cities may no longer be the epicenters of poverty. After 18 months of unemployment that has refused to budge below 9.6 percent, it will come as...
The land of Jesus’ birth may soon be without Christians to celebrate it. At eventide the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem lights up like a...
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...
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...
