In this article from 2005, Tara Dix wonders if it is time for a new agenda forty years after the close of Vatican II. Leading up to this month’s 40th...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
The Liturgy of the Hours is a small but bulky and intimidating-looking red-bound prayer book with lots of confusing multicolored ribbons. It is that, but of...
Canon lawyer and charter member of the National Review Board Nicholas Cafardi talks about the importance of advisory boards and lay consultation. [Read more...
Why are some faithful tarnishing the good name of this essential Catholic value? The do-gooders at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Brodheadsville...
From the saints to popes and bishops to theologians, Catholic thinkers have long made the case for social justice, tracing its origins to scriptural accounts...
The suspect actions of Abraham should give us pause about what makes him one of the heroes of the Bible. By anonimus ([1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia...
In this first installment of a two-part meditation, we are reminded of Abraham's "daddy issues." Even this exalted father of faith had a rocky...
An attorney and charter member of the National Review Board sizes up the U.S. church’s progress on sex abuse over the last 10 years. [Read more from Nicholas...
Rethinking John Paul II's theology of the body. On 129 occasions between 1979 and 1984, the late Pope John Paul II shared his reflections on...
Panels reviewing sex abuse allegations help dioceses get their houses in order, but they are only as effective as the information the bishops give them. Jim...
